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| INTRODUCTION |
| Hello and welcome to Portuguese Survival Phrases brought to you by PortuguesePod101.com. This course is designed to equip you with the language skills and knowledge to enable you to get the most out of your visit to Brazil. You will be surprised at how far a little Portuguese will go. |
| Now, before we jump in, remember to stop by PortuguesePod101.com, and there, you will find the accompanying PDF and additional info in the post. If you stop by, be sure to leave us a comment. |
Lesson focus |
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| Today, you'll learn a phrase that will provide you with the tools to learn even more from the people around you. For today's lesson, imagine you have a piece of paper with a word on it and you need to find out how to say it. |
| In Portuguese, "How do you read this in Portuguese?" is Como você lê isto em português? |
| Como você lê isto em português? |
| Let's break it down by syllable: Co-mo vo-cê lê is-to em por-tu-guês? |
| Now, let's here it is once again: Como você lê isto em português? |
| The first word como means "how." |
| Let's break down this word and hear it one more time: co-mo |
| And como |
| This is followed by você, which, in English, is "you." |
| vo-cê |
| você |
| So to recap here, we have Como você. Literally, this means "how do you." The do is inferred. |
| Next, we have lê, which means "read." |
| lê |
| lê |
| Then, we have the word isto, which means "this." |
| The last two words are em português, which means "in Portuguese." |
| em por-tu-guês |
| em português |
| So all together, we have Como você lê isto em Portuguese? Literally, this means "How do you read this in Portuguese?" |
| Quick tip, the em português part is inferred and can often be omitted because you're in Brazil. This phrase would be Como você lê isto? |
| You can also use our versatile request phrase. To accomplish this, you can say, "Please, could you read this aloud?" In Portuguese, this is Por favor, você poderia ler isto em voz alta? |
| Let's break it down by syllable: Por fa-vor, vo-cê po-de-ri-a ler is-to em voz al-ta? |
| Now, let's hear it once again: Por favor, você poderia ler isto em voz alta? |
| First, we have our request phrase, Por favor, você poderia. |
| Por fa-vor, vo-cê po-de-ri-a. |
| Then, we have ler, which means "read" and is a very, very common and useful word to know. |
| ler |
| ler |
| ler |
| Next, we have isto, which means "this." |
| isto |
| is-to |
| isto |
| So to recap here, we have our request phrase, then, ler isto, which literally means "read this." |
| Next, we have an important phrase that needs to be learned together. This phrase is em voz alta. |
| em voz al-ta |
| There are three words in this phrase, em, which means "in," voz, which means "voice," and alta, which means "loud." This entire phrase means "aloud." |
| em voz alta |
| em voz al-ta |
| em voz alta |
| So all together, we have Por favor, você poderia ler isto em voz alta? Literally, this means "Please could you read this aloud?" |
| CULTURAL INSIGHTS |
| Portuguese is a very easy language to read, if you know the rules. Written words in English have lots of extra letters that aren't pronounced, like the word "enough." Portuguese isn't like that. You write how you speak, and the words sound like they are written. In other words, the same sounds written on the page are the same sounds emitted in the words. The rules are a bit complicated, but at least, there are rules, English doesn't even have those. |
Outro |
| Okay. To close out today's lesson, we'd like for you to practice what you've just learned. I'll provide you with the English equivalent of the phrase, and you're responsible for saying it aloud. You'll have a few seconds before I give you the answer, so boa sorte! |
| "How do you read this in Portuguese?" - Como você lê isto em português? |
| Co-mo vo-cê lê is-to em por-tu-guês? |
| Como você lê isto em português? |
| "Please, could you read this out loud?" - Por favor, você poderia ler isto em voz alta? |
| Por fa-vor, vo-cê po-de-ri-a ler is-to em voz al-ta? |
| Por favor, você poderia ler isto em voz alta? |
| All right. That's going to do it for today. Remember to stop by PortuguesePod101.com and pick up the accompanying PDF. If you stop by, be sure to leave us a comment. |
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