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Tiago Conversa com o Pai

Tiago Talks to His Father

In this beginner Portuguese comprehension episode, Tiago talks to his father, showing us how to use estar + a +...

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  • 00:00:01Tiago: Pai, tu estás a ler um livro? Tiago: Dad, are you reading a book?
  • 00:00:04Pai? Dad?
  • 00:00:06Pai? Dad?
  • 00:00:07Hugo: Sim, eu estou a ler um livro. Hugo: Yes, I am reading a book.
  • 00:00:10Tiago: E estás a gostar do livro? Tiago: And are you enjoying the book?
  • 00:00:12Hugo: Sim. Hugo: Yes.
  • 00:00:14Eu estou a gostar do livro. I am enjoying the book.
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beberto drink bomgood sing.,masc. a canetapen a cartaletter comerto eat escreverto write gostarto like incomodarto bother, inconvenience, disturb, trouble lerto read o livrobook mãemother ocupadobusy ouvirto listen to, to hear paifather pressarush o sumojuice ÓtimoGreat
Expressions
AdeusGoodbye ClaroOf course Boa sorteGood luck Por favorPlease Estou com pressaI'm in a hurry Está bemAll right, Okay, It’s fine DesculpaSorry, excuse me inf.
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Comments

  • Nice dialogue and cartoon. The visuals for the words certainly help with learning and reinforcing vocabulary. Cute and fun.

  • Dad is reading the book and the son is asking in present continuous “E estás a gostar do livro?”. And then as the son is drinking juice, dad asks him if he likes the juice but in present simple “Gostas do sumo?”. What’s the difference?

    • Good question 🙂 It’s rather nuanced: our impression of a book can change from one chapter to another, so when someone is still reading it, we tend to ask if they are liking it *so far*, and we express this by using the present continuous. A juice will probably taste the same from the first to the last sip, so our impression of it is formed very early and is unlikely to change. So, we can ask if the person likes it in a more absolute/decisive way.

    • Sorry about that! This is one of our older episodes, but we no longer use this type of voice editing, so you won’t hear it in newer episodes.

  • When Tiago says, “Estou a escrever uma carta muito boa” why is muito boa after carta instead of before? Don’t mau and bom usually come before the noun?

    • They often appear before the noun (e.g. bom dia, má ideia, boa pessoa, mau princípio…), but can still be placed after the noun too and that might feel more natural in a number of cases, mostly due to common usage patterns that are more intuitive than logically explainable. The presence of adverbs modifying the adjective is one thing that might encourage placing them after the noun in a more extended sentence, as is the case here. “Estou a escrever uma muito boa carta” sounds much stiffer than “Estou a escrever uma carta muito boa”.

  • I understood the conversation except for incomodar and com pressa which I’ve not come across before. Either the pace was good and ends of words weren’t swallowed up or merged into the next or my listening is getting better. Hopefully, I’ll feel like this for the next listening exercise!

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