Learn how to ask "What are you doing?"
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| Introduction |
| Eric: Welcome to 3-Minute Portuguese Season 1, Lesson 12 - Asking What Someone is Doing. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to ask and answer the question What are you doing? in Portuguese. |
| Body |
| Eric: Here's the informal way to ask 'What are you doing?' in Portuguese. |
| Ana: [Normal] O que você está fazendo? |
| Eric: First is a word meaning 'what' |
| Ana: [Normal] o que [Slow] o que |
| Eric: Next is the word meaning 'that' |
| Ana: [Normal] que [Slow] que |
| Eric: Next is the word meaning 'you' |
| Ana: [Normal] você [Slow] você |
| Eric: Next is the word meaning 'are' |
| Ana: [Normal] está [Slow] está |
| Eric: Last is the word meaning 'doing' |
| Ana: [Normal] fazendo [Slow] fazendo |
| Eric: Note the rising intonation. Listen again to the informal question meaning 'What are you doing?' |
| Ana: [Slow] O que você está fazendo? [Normal] O que você está fazendo? |
| Eric: Now, imagine you're speaking to a stranger. Here's the formal way to ask, 'What are you doing?' |
| Ana: [Normal] O que o senhor está fazendo? |
| Eric: First is a word meaning 'what' |
| Ana: [Normal] o que [Slow] o que |
| Eric: Next is the word meaning 'you (formal)' |
| Ana: [Normal] o senhor [Slow] o senhor |
| Eric: Next is the word meaning 'are' |
| Ana: [Normal] está [Slow] está |
| Eric: Last is the word meaning 'doing' |
| Ana: [Normal] fazendo [Slow] fazendo |
| Eric: Note again the rising intonation. Listen again to the formal question meaning 'What are you doing?' |
| Ana: [Slow] O que o senhor está fazendo? [Normal] O que o senhor está fazendo? |
| Eric: Here's a response meaning 'I am studying.' |
| Ana: [Normal] Eu estou estudando. |
| Eric: First is a word meaning 'I' |
| Ana: [Normal] eu [Slow] eu |
| Eric: Next is the word meaning 'am' |
| Ana: [Normal] estou [Slow] estou |
| Eric: Last is the word meaning 'studying' |
| Ana: [Normal] estudando [Slow] estudando |
| Eric: Listen again to the response, 'I am studying.' |
| Ana: [Slow] Eu estou estudando. [Normal] Eu estou estudando. |
| Eric: Here's a response meaning, 'I'm not doing anything.' |
| Ana: [Normal] Não estou fazendo nada. |
| Eric: First is a word meaning 'no' |
| Ana: [Normal] não [Slow] não |
| Eric: Next is the word meaning 'am' |
| Ana: [Normal] estou [Slow] estou |
| Eric: Next is the word meaning 'doing' |
| Ana: [Normal] fazendo [Slow] fazendo |
| Eric: Last is the word meaning 'nothing' |
| Ana: [Normal] nada [Slow] nada |
| Eric: Listen again to the response, 'I'm not doing anything.' |
| Ana: [Slow] Não estou fazendo nada. [Normal] Não estou fazendo nada. |
| Cultural Insight |
| Eric: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight. |
| Ana: Often, Brazilians will add the word que in a question. For example, O que você está fazendo? Would be O que que você está fazendo? |
| It’s a very natural way of asking questions in Brazil. To sound even more casual, you can also shorten the word está down to tá, so it’ll be O que que você tá fazendo? |
Outro |
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| Eric: And that’s all for this lesson. Don’t forget to check out the lesson notes, and we’ll see you in the next lesson! |
| Ana: Tchau! |
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