Learn about verbs and the prepositions that are sometimes paired with them
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| INTRODUCTION |
| Braden: Hello, and welcome to PortuguesePOD101.com, where we study modern Portuguese in a fun, educational format! |
| Sílvia: So, brush up on the Portuguese that you started learning long ago, or start learning today. |
| Braden: Thanks for being here with us for this lesson, Sílvia, what are we looking at in this lesson? |
| Camila: So Braden, please tell us what we'll be learning in this lesson. |
| Braden: In this lesson, we'll be learning wrapping a present |
| Camila: Where does this conversation take place and who is it between? |
| Braden: This conversation takes place in the afternoon, at Bernardo's house, bernardo and lucas |
| Camila: What's the formality level? |
| Braden: Well, it's informal. |
| Camila: Let's listen to the conversation. |
| DIALOGUE |
| Bernardo: Você pode me ajudar com isso? |
| Lucas: Claro. Mas, que presente é esse? |
| Bernardo: Isto é um ursinho que eu quero dar para minha namorada. |
| Lucas: Eu não sou muito bom com embrulhos não. |
| Bernardo: Poxa, eu me decidi a pedir desculpas a ela por ter esquecido que íamos ao cinema ontem. |
| Lucas: Eu sei. Ela se queixou de ti para mim. |
| Bernardo: Então você sabe porque eu preciso fazer isto. |
| Lucas: Sei sim. |
| Bernardo: Achei que levar um presentinho seria bom. |
| Lucas: Então, mãos à obra. |
| ... |
| Lucas: Acho que ficou bom. Não está o presente mais bem embalado do mundo, mas tá bom. Ela vai ficar feliz que você se preocupou com isto. |
| Bernardo: Espero que sim, eu sei que ela gosta de ursinhos. Espero que ela me desculpe. |
| English Host: Let’s hear the conversation one time slowly. |
| Bernardo: Você pode me ajudar com isso? |
| Lucas: Claro. Mas, que presente é esse? |
| Bernardo: Isto é um ursinho que eu quero dar para minha namorada. |
| Lucas: Eu não sou muito bom com embrulhos não. |
| Bernardo: Poxa, eu me decidi a pedir desculpas a ela por ter esquecido que íamos ao cinema ontem. |
| Lucas: Eu sei. Ela se queixou de ti para mim. |
| Bernardo: Então você sabe porque eu preciso fazer isto. |
| Lucas: Sei sim. |
| Bernardo: Achei que levar um presentinho seria bom. |
| Lucas: Então, mãos à obra. |
| ... |
| Lucas: Acho que ficou bom. Não está o presente mais bem embalado do mundo, mas tá bom. Ela vai ficar feliz que você se preocupou com isto. |
| Bernardo: Espero que sim, eu sei que ela gosta de ursinhos. Espero que ela me desculpe. |
| English Host: Now let’s hear it with the English translation. |
| Bernardo: Você pode me ajudar com isso? |
| Braden: Could you help me with this? |
| Lucas: Claro. Mas, que presente é esse? |
| Braden: Sure. But, what is that? |
| Bernardo: Isto é um ursinho que eu quero dar para minha namorada. |
| Braden: It's a teddy bear that I want to give to my girlfriend. |
| Lucas: Eu não sou muito bom com embrulhos não. |
| Braden: I'm not very good with wrapping things. |
| Bernardo: Poxa, eu me decidi a pedir desculpas a ela por ter esquecido que íamos ao cinema ontem. |
| Braden: Man, I decided to tell her I'm sorry for forgetting that we were going to the movies yesterday. |
| Lucas: Eu sei. Ela se queixou de ti para mim. |
| Braden: I know. She complained about you to me. |
| Bernardo: Então você sabe porque eu preciso fazer isto. |
| Braden: Then you know why I need to do this. |
| Lucas: Sei sim. |
| Braden: Yes I do. |
| Bernardo: Achei que levar um presentinho seria bom. |
| Braden: I thought that giving her a small present would be good. |
| Lucas: Então, mãos à obra. |
| Braden: Well then, to work. |
| ... |
| Braden... |
| Lucas: Acho que ficou bom. Não está o presente mais bem embalado do mundo, mas tá bom. Ela vai ficar feliz que você se preocupou com isto. |
| Braden: I think it turned out well. It's not the best wrapped present in the world but it's good. She'll be happy you cared. |
| Bernardo: Espero que sim, eu sei que ela gosta de ursinhos. Espero que ela me desculpe. |
| Braden: I hope so, I know that she likes teddy bears. I hope she forgives me. |
| POST CONVERSATION BANTER |
| Braden: (ask --- something about the dialogue-Peter always does a little review about the previous lessons. explain what you are thinking about the storyline in the lesson, so the students can follow and participate - don't make them guess.) |
| Sílvia: response |
| Braden: As we all know, sometimes saying your sorry just isn't enough and you need to do something to show your sorrow. This is just as true in Brazilian culture as it is in most other European-based cultures. (so what are some ways guys and girls can show they are sorry to their Brazilian counterparts?) |
| Sílvia: (Answer) |
| VOCAB LIST |
| Braden: Let's take a look at the vocabulary for this lesson. |
| : The first word we shall see is: |
| Sílvia: ursinho [natural native speed] |
| Braden: teddy bear, small bear |
| Sílvia: ursinho [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Sílvia: ursinho [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Sílvia: pôxa [natural native speed] |
| Braden: man, shoot, wow |
| Sílvia: pôxa [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Sílvia: pôxa [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Sílvia: embrulhos [natural native speed] |
| Braden: wrappings, wrapping paper |
| Sílvia: embrulhos [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Sílvia: embrulhos [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Sílvia: embalar [natural native speed] |
| Braden: to wrap, to wrap up |
| Sílvia: embalar [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Sílvia: embalar [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Sílvia: presente [natural native speed] |
| Braden: present, gift |
| Sílvia: presente [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Sílvia: presente [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Sílvia: obra [natural native speed] |
| Braden: work, labor |
| Sílvia: obra [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Sílvia: obra [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Sílvia: queixar-se [natural native speed] |
| Braden: to complain (about) |
| Sílvia: queixar-se [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Sílvia: queixar-se [natural native speed] |
| VOCAB AND PHRASE USAGE |
| Braden: Let's have a closer look at the usuage for some of the words and phrases from this lesson. |
| Sílvia: The first phrase we'll look at is presentinho. |
| Braden: presentinho literally translates to "small present" but this here the feeling is more of a small significance than a small size. I assume the bear was actually rather large. |
| Braden: Could you break this down? |
| Sílvia: (break down) |
| Braden: what's our next phrase? |
| Sílvia: The next phrase we'll look at is ficar feliz. |
| Braden: ficar feliz literally translates to "to stay happy" or "to become happy" however in English we don't become happy. We either are or we are not. |
| Sílvia: Probably the best way to say this would be "It will make her happy that you cared." |
| Braden: Could you break this down? |
| Sílvia: (break down) |
| Braden: what's our next phrase? |
| Sílvia: The next phrase we'll look at is preocupar-se com isso |
| Braden: preocupar-se com isso literally translates to "to worry oneself with that" but it means something like "to think about" or "to care about." |
| Braden: Could you break this down? |
| Sílvia: (break down) |
Lesson focus |
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| Braden: So ---, what's the focus of this lesson? |
| Sílvia: The focus of this lesson is verbs and prepositions with verbs. In the dialogue, we heard the phrase bernardo - Poxa, eu me decidi a pedir desculpas a ela por ter esquecido que íamos ao cinema ontem. |
| Braden: Which we translated as "Bernardo - Man, I decided to tell her I'm sorry for forgetting that we were going to the movies yesterday." Here the reflexive verb decidir-se is used with the preposition a. |
| Sílvia: Some reflexive verbs are different from the rest in that they are reflexive in form, but not in meaning since they act on something other than the subject. These verbs require a preposition when you say what they act on. |
| Braden: Most verbs are this way. Let's take a look at a few verbs that take the preposition "de." |
| Sílvia: Okay, aproveitar-se de which means to take advantage of |
| Braden: Could you break this down? |
| Sílvia: (break down) |
| Braden: Could you give us a sample sentence? |
| Sílvia: Sure. Quero que vocês se aproveitem desta oportunidade! |
| Braden: Could you give us another a example? |
| Sílvia: Sure. convencer-se de which means to be convinced of. |
| Braden: Could you break this down? |
| Sílvia: (break down) |
| Braden: Could you give us a sample sentence? |
| Sílvia: Sure. Einstein se convenceu das suas teorias. |
| Braden: Okay so there are a lot of these such as |
| Sílvia: Queixar-se de which means to complain about -- Rir-se de which means to laugh at -- |
| Braden: Okay so there are also a few that take a. Could you give us some examples? |
| Sílvia: Sure. decidir-se a which means to decide to |
| Braden: Could you break this down? |
| Sílvia: (break down) |
| Braden: Could you give us a sample sentence? |
| Sílvia: Sure. muitos portugueses se decidiram a ir para o Brasil. |
| Braden: And one more example. |
| Sílvia: dedicar-se a which means to devote oneself to |
| Braden: Could you break this down? |
| Sílvia: (break down) |
| Braden: Could you give us a sample sentence? |
| Sílvia: Sure. Lúcio Costa se dedicou à arquitetura. |
| Braden: And there are a few that take com |
| Sílvia: well there's Paracer-se com which means to resemble. and a sample sentence would be O professor Rodney se parece com Richard Geer. and another one would be casar-se com which means to get married to. |
| Braden: Could you give us a sample sentence? |
| Sílvia: Sure. Augusto se casou com Marlene. |
| Braden: Okay so these verbs will always require their preposition, even when you are asking a question. When you ask a question with o quê? or quem?, those are what the verbs act on. |
| Sílvia: for example, Você se esqueceu do quê? that do que is the contraction of de and o que. |
| Braden: even if you reorder the sentence, you still need the preposition. So you could say, do quê você se esqueceu? |
| Sílvia: So, when you use those question words with these reflexive verbs, the prepositions that go with the verbs have to precede the question words right. |
| Braden: let's look at one question an answer just for good measure |
| Sílvia: Okay so the question would be "Com quem você se preocupa?" notice the com and the answer would be "Me preocupo com o meu pai." both have the preposition. |
| Braden: If you are giving short answers in which you don't say what the verb acts on because it's clear from the question brazilians typically don't include the preposition. |
| Sílvia: So using the question from before "Com quem você se preocupa?" you'd answer "meu pai." |
| Braden: Okay so our tip for this lesson is about the verb chegar. So ---, is it chegar em as in chegar na sua casa or chegar a as in chegar a sua casa. |
| Sílvia: both |
| Braden: Okay, what's the difference? |
| Sílvia: Well normal people just say eu chego em algum lugar. eu chego em casa as 10. em eh preferivel. But in the poetic context, "chegando a casa de teu irmao Rodolfo, a bela jovem de pele alva com..." |
| Braden: so, "em" gives a bit of a feeling of inside (chegar em casa-inside the house) but chegar a is quite clear as to being "at", not inside but at the door, or at the gate |
| quick review at the end of the lesson - explanation of why this is useful |
| Sílvia: that just about does it for this lesson |
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