Learn the construction of adding minutes to time
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| INTRODUCTION |
| Braden: Hello, and welcome to PortuguesePOD101.com, the fastest, easiest, and most fun way to learn Portuguese! |
| Thássia: I'm Thássia, and thanks again for being here with us for this Absolute Beginner S2 lesson. |
| Thássia: Braden, please tell us what we are learning today. |
| Braden: In this lesson we'll learn how to tell time in Portuguese. |
| Thássia: Where does the conversation take place and who is it between? |
| Braden: The conversation takes place in the afternoon At Tiago's apartment and it's between Carla, Renata, Tiago, Michael. |
| Thássia: The speakers are friends, therefore they'll be speaking informally. |
| DIALOGUE |
| Carla: Tiago, a sua camisa não combina com sua bermuda. |
| Tiago: Ah, eu não ligo para isso não! |
| Renata: Vocês estão escolhendo roupa desde às quatorze e quarenta. Já são quinze e quarenta e cinco e vocês ainda não decidiram? |
| Michael: Vamos logo, o museu fecha às dezessete e trinta. Assim, não vai dar tempo ver quase nada. |
| Carla: Quanto tempo leva para chegar lá? |
| Tiago: Uns 20 minutos. |
| Renata: Roberto, você vem com a gente? (disappointed) |
| Roberto: Não, eu vou ficar em casa. Preciso ligar para alguém. |
| English Host: Let’s hear the conversation one time slowly. |
| Carla: Tiago, a sua camisa não combina com sua bermuda. |
| Tiago: Ah, eu não ligo para isso não! |
| Renata: Vocês estão escolhendo roupa desde às quatorze e quarenta. Já são quinze e quarenta e cinco e vocês ainda não decidiram? |
| Michael: Vamos logo, o museu fecha às dezessete e trinta. Assim, não vai dar tempo ver quase nada. |
| Carla: Quanto tempo leva para chegar lá? |
| Tiago: Uns 20 minutos. |
| Renata: Roberto, você vem com a gente? (disappointed) |
| Roberto: Não, eu vou ficar em casa. Preciso ligar para alguém. |
| English Host: Now let’s hear it with the English translation. |
| Carla: Tiago, a sua camisa não combina com sua bermuda. |
| Braden: Tiago, your shirt doesn't match your shorts. |
| Tiago: Ah, eu não ligo para isso não! |
| Braden: Ah, I don't care about that! |
| Renata: Vocês estão escolhendo roupa desde às quatorze e quarenta. Já são quinze e quarenta e cinco e vocês ainda não decidiram? |
| Braden: You've been trying on clothes since two forty. It's three forty-five and you still haven't decided? |
| Michael: Vamos logo, o museu fecha às dezessete e trinta. Assim, não vai dar tempo ver quase nada. |
| Braden: Let's get out of here, the museum closes at five thirty. Like this, there won't be enough time to see hardly anything. |
| Carla: Quanto tempo leva para chegar lá? |
| Braden: How much time does it take to get there? |
| Tiago: Uns 20 minutos. |
| Braden: About twenty minutes. |
| Renata: Roberto, você vem com a gente? (disappointed) |
| Braden: Roberto, are you coming with us? (disappointed) |
| Roberto: Não, eu vou ficar em casa. Preciso ligar para alguém. |
| Braden: No, I'm going to stay home. I need to call somebody. |
| POST CONVERSATION BANTER |
| Braden: Hmmm. That's interesting? |
| Thássia: Yeah, who is Roberto calling? |
| Braden: and when are they going to meet? Listening to this conversation reminds me of a friend who came to Brazil to study. |
| Thássia: O yeah? |
| Braden: Yeah. He started making friends really quick and would often go to parties and events with his new friends. Normal. |
| Thássia: Very. |
| Braden: But he told me later that long time he didn’t know how to say minutes in Portuguese. He could say hours but he couldn't say minutes. So everytime we needed a ride or wanted to meet someone he always set the time on the hour. |
| Thássia: Okay. |
| Braden: It was really funny because sometimes he wanted to leave quickly to catch a movie or something but couldn’t because he could only schedule on the hour. |
| Thássia: This lesson will take care of that. |
| Braden: Yes. |
| VOCAB LIST |
| Braden: Let's take a look at the vocabulary for this lesson. |
| : The first word we shall see is: |
| Thássia: ligação [natural native speed] |
| Braden: call, connection |
| Thássia: ligação [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Thássia: ligação [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Thássia: ligar [natural native speed] |
| Braden: to call |
| Thássia: ligar [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Thássia: ligar [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Thássia: museu [natural native speed] |
| Braden: museum |
| Thássia: museu [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Thássia: museu [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Thássia: minuto [natural native speed] |
| Braden: minute |
| Thássia: minuto [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Thássia: minuto [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Thássia: levar [natural native speed] |
| Braden: to take |
| Thássia: levar [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Thássia: levar [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Thássia: combinar [natural native speed] |
| Braden: to combine, to match, to go with, to arrange |
| Thássia: combinar [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Thássia: combinar [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Thássia: bermuda [natural native speed] |
| Braden: shorts |
| Thássia: bermuda [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Thássia: bermuda [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Thássia: ainda [natural native speed] |
| Braden: still, yet |
| Thássia: ainda [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Thássia: ainda [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. |
| Braden: Let's have a closer look at the usage for some of the words and phrases from this lesson. |
| Thássia: In this lesson, we’re going to learn the two main uses and meanings of the phrase “ligar para.” |
| Braden: Right. The first meaning is “to phone” or “to call.” In the dialogue for this lesson Roberto said “preciso ligar para alguém” which means “I need to call somebody.” |
| Thássia: The second meaning of “ligar para” is “to care about.” In the dialogue Tiago said “Eu não ligo pra isso não!” which we translated as “I don’t care about that!” |
| Braden: The next word we’ll look at is “combinar.” Just like “ligar para,” “combinar” has two meanings and uses. |
| Thássia: The first meaning of “combinar” we’ll look at is “to match” or “to go with.” In the dialogue, Carla didn’t think Tiago’s clothes matched so she said “Tiago, a sua camisa não combina com sua bermuda” which we translated as “Tiago, your shirt doesn’t match your shorts.” |
| Braden: The second meaning of “combinar” is “to agree" or "to arrange." An example would be “nós combinamos de sair às 8” translated as “we agreed to leave at 8.” |
| Thássia: The last phrase we’ll look at today is “vai dar tempo.” “Vai dar tempo” is a phrase used in everyday Portuguese. |
| Braden: Yes it is. It’s literal translation “going to give time” makes very little sense in English. However, “vai dar tempo” is commonly used to mean “There will be enough time.” |
| Thássia: In the dialogue, Michael used its negative form adding the word “não” which means “not”, “não vai dar tempo ver quase nada” which we translated as “there won’t be enough time to see hardly anything.“ |
Lesson focus |
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| Braden: What's the focus of this lesson? |
| Thássia: The focus of this lesson is telling time in Portuguese, part 2. |
| Braden: In the dialogue we heard the phrase "Já são 15 |
| Thássia: Which we translated as "It’s 3 |
| Braden: 15 |
| Thássia: The dialogue contains several examples of telling time in Portuguese with minutes. |
| Braden: That's right. The phrase desde às 14 |
| Thássia: And the phrase, já são 15 |
| Braden: So, to tell the time with minutes in Portuguese use the contruction |
| Thássia: São (hours) e (minutes) The “e” represents the colon ( |
| Braden: A good sample sentence is "São quatorze e trinta e cinco" which Literally translates to “are fourteen and thirty and five” but it means “It’s 2 |
| Thássia: Another example is "São vinte e quarenta e sete" Literally this translates to “are twenty and forty and seven" but it means “It’s 8 |
| Braden: When you’re saying minutes you can just say the minutes but Brazilians often use the word "meia." |
| Thássia: the word “meia” means "half" and refers back to the phrase "meia-duzia" which means "half a dozen. |
| Braden: But when you're telling time, "meia" means half as in half an hour. |
| Thássia: “dezoito e meia” which translates to “eighteen and half” conveys the idea of 18 |
| Braden: For example, the phrase "são vinte e duas e meia" literally translates to “are twenty and two and a half” but it means “It’s 22 |
| Thássia: Being able to use minutes is important. I wouldn't want to be like your friend. |
Outro |
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| Thássia: Tenha uma ótima semana! |
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