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| INTRODUCTION |
| Braden: Hello, and welcome to PortuguesePOD101.com, the fastest, easiest, and most fun way to learn Portuguese! |
| Sílvia: I'm Sílvia, and thanks again for being here with us for this Intermediate S1 lesson. |
| Camila: So Braden, please tell us what we'll be learning in this lesson. |
| Braden: In this lesson, we'll be learning listening to others |
| Camila: Where does this conversation take place and who is it between? |
| Braden: This conversation takes place at lunch-time, at the bank, Alex and two other people |
| Camila: What's the formality level? |
| Braden: Well, it's formal. |
| Camila: Let's listen to the conversation. |
| DIALOGUE |
| Guarda: Bom dia, seu Augusto. |
| Augusto: Bom dia. |
| Guarda: O senhor pretende fazer o que? |
| Augusto: Só depositar esse cheque. |
| Guarda: Então aqui sua senha. Seu numero é B221. |
| Augusto: Obrigado. |
| ... |
| Cliente: Por que ta demorando tanto? Eu só quero depositar um cheque. |
| Augusto: Tá demorando demais hoje. |
| Cliente: Ta sim. to esperando faz 45 minutos. |
| Augusto: Para fazer o que? |
| Cliente: Uma pergunta. |
| Augusto: Que coisa. Mas por que está demorando tanto? |
| Cliente: Será que alguém se atrasou? |
| Augusto: Provável. |
| Cliente: Ou que estão se reunindo pra organizar uma festa? |
| Augusto: Também pode ser. |
| Cliente: O atendimento dessa agência é péssimo. |
| Augusto: Eu não tenho certeza mas acho que só tem um caixa atendendo. |
| Cliente: Não acredito! |
| A caixa: B221 |
| Augusto: Me salvei. |
| English Host: Let’s hear the conversation one time slowly. |
| Guarda: Bom dia, seu Augusto. |
| Augusto: Bom dia. |
| Guarda: O senhor pretende fazer o que? |
| Augusto: Só depositar esse cheque. |
| Guarda: Então aqui sua senha. Seu numero é B221. |
| Augusto: Obrigado. |
| ... |
| Cliente: Por que ta demorando tanto? Eu só quero depositar um cheque. |
| Augusto: Tá demorando demais hoje. |
| Cliente: Ta sim. to esperando faz 45 minutos. |
| Augusto: Para fazer o que? |
| Cliente: Uma pergunta. |
| Augusto: Que coisa. Mas por que está demorando tanto? |
| Cliente: Será que alguém se atrasou? |
| Augusto: Provável. |
| Cliente: Ou que estão se reunindo pra organizar uma festa? |
| Augusto: Também pode ser. |
| Cliente: O atendimento dessa agência é péssimo. |
| Augusto: Eu não tenho certeza mas acho que só tem um caixa atendendo. |
| Cliente: Não acredito! |
| A caixa: B221 |
| Augusto: Me salvei. |
| English Host: Now let’s hear it with the English translation. |
| Guarda: Bom dia, seu Augusto. |
| Braden: Good morning, Mr. Augusto. |
| Augusto: Bom dia. |
| Braden: Good morning. |
| Guarda: O senhor pretende fazer o que? |
| Braden: What do you plan to do sir? |
| Augusto: Só depositar esse cheque. |
| Braden: Just deposit this check. |
| Guarda: Então aqui sua senha. Seu numero é B221. |
| Braden: Then here's your password. Your number is B221. |
| Augusto: Obrigado. |
| Braden: Thank you. |
| ... |
| Braden... |
| Cliente: Por que ta demorando tanto? Eu só quero depositar um cheque. |
| Braden: Why is it taking so long? To just deposit this check. |
| Augusto: Tá demorando demais hoje. |
| Braden: It's taking a very long time today. |
| Cliente: Ta sim. to esperando faz 45 minutos. |
| Braden: Yes it is. I've been waiting here for forty-five minutes. |
| Augusto: Para fazer o que? |
| Braden: To do what? |
| Cliente: Uma pergunta. |
| Braden: Ask a question. |
| Augusto: Que coisa. Mas por que está demorando tanto? |
| Braden: Wow. But why is it taking so long? |
| Cliente: Será que alguém se atrasou? |
| Braden: Maybe someone is late? |
| Augusto: Provável. |
| Braden: Probably. |
| Cliente: Ou que estão se reunindo pra organizar uma festa? |
| Braden: Or they're meeting to organize a party? |
| Augusto: Também pode ser. |
| Braden: Also a possibility. |
| Cliente: O atendimento dessa agência é péssimo. |
| Braden: The service at this branch is horrible. |
| Augusto: Eu não tenho certeza mas acho que só tem um caixa atendendo. |
| Braden: I'm not sure but I think there is only one teller accepting clients. |
| Cliente: Não acredito! |
| Braden: I don't believe it! |
| A caixa: B221 |
| Braden: B221 |
| Augusto: Me salvei. |
| Braden: I'm saved! |
| 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.) |
| ---: response |
| Braden: So for me Brazilian Preferential treatment was a bit of a shock. |
| ---: Brazil has a very interesting law about preferential treatment. All pregnant women, the elderly, the obese, people with disabilities, and women with small children all get preferential treatment by law. |
| Braden: That means they always get to skip to the head of the line, always have reserved seats buses and trains, often have their own parking spaces, and sometimes get their own lines. |
| ---: This was put into law over 10 years ago by Brazil's ex-Presidente Fernando Henrique Cardoso. |
| Braden: In a completely unrelated note, Brazilians tend to refer to each other by their first name. -mr. augusto (what do you think of Fernando Henrique Cardoso?) |
| VOCAB LIST |
| Braden: Let's take a look at the vocabulary for this lesson. |
| : The first word we shall see is: |
| Sílvia: demorar [natural native speed] |
| Braden: to delay, to take a long time |
| Sílvia: demorar [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Sílvia: demorar [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Sílvia: péssimo [natural native speed] |
| Braden: the worst, very bad |
| Sílvia: péssimo [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Sílvia: péssimo [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Sílvia: caixa rápido [natural native speed] |
| Braden: ATM |
| Sílvia: caixa rápido [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Sílvia: caixa rápido [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Sílvia: atender [natural native speed] |
| Braden: answer |
| Sílvia: atender [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Sílvia: atender [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Sílvia: cheque [natural native speed] |
| Braden: check |
| Sílvia: cheque [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Sílvia: cheque [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Sílvia: reunir [natural native speed] |
| Braden: to reunite |
| Sílvia: reunir [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Sílvia: reunir [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Sílvia: atrasar [natural native speed] |
| Braden: to be late, to be made late |
| Sílvia: atrasar [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Sílvia: atrasar [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Sílvia: senha [natural native speed] |
| Braden: password |
| Sílvia: senha [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Sílvia: senha [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Sílvia: depositar [natural native speed] |
| Braden: to deposit |
| Sílvia: depositar [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Sílvia: depositar [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. |
| ---: The first phrase we'll look at is me salvei. |
| Braden: This is reflexive and as we learned in the last lesson, me salvei doesn't mean I saved myself. It means I'm saved. |
| Braden: Could you break this down? |
| ---: (break down) |
| Braden: what's our next phrase? |
| ---: The next phrase we'll look at is to esperando faz 45 minutos |
| Braden: to esperando faz 45 minutos literally translates to "I am waiting makes 45 minutes" but in the dialogue we translated it as "I've been waiting for 45 minutes." |
| ---: When expressing ideas of passed time the expression faz X is used. Notice how the sentence is actually in the present tense even though it's expressing a past event. |
| Braden: Could you break this down? |
| ---: (break down) |
| Braden: what's our next phrase? |
| ---: The next phrase we'll look at is fazer uma pergunta |
| Braden: In the dialogue there is a careful interaction between Augusto and the other client. Augusto asks "para fazer o que?" which means "To do what?" |
| ---: The other client responds in Portuguese with "uma pergunta." to say "ask a question" in Portuguese the phrase is "fazer uma pergunta." In this case he inferred the fazer from Augusto's question for his own response and therefore didn't need to repeat the verb fazer in his response. |
| Braden: However the English translation did need a bit of clarification because the expressions are different. |
| Braden: Could you break this down? |
| ---: (break down) |
| Braden: what's our next phrase? |
| ---: The next phrase we'll look at is Também pode ser. |
| Braden: Pode ser is an expression that literally translates to "it can be" and has a similar feeling to "that sounds all right." |
| ---: It's very non-committal and is used when you don't really have an opinion about the matter or it's a subject you're unfamiliar with but don't want to directly disagree or show doubt. |
| Braden: In the translation we interpreted the phrase "também pode ser" as Also a possibility because they have a similar feeling. |
Lesson focus |
|---|
| Braden: So ---, what's the focus of this lesson? |
| ---: The focus of this lesson is Verbos reflexivos |
| Braden: In the dialogue, we heard the phrase |
| ---: Cliente - Será que alguém se atrasou? Which we translated as |
| Braden: "Cliente - Maybe someone is late?" Okay so to explain a bit before we get into it, Virtually anything you can do to something or someone else, you can do to yourself. You can look at your friend coming towards you and you can look at yourlef in the mirror. You can wash your car and you can wash yourself. |
| ---: When you do something to yourslef the action is called "reflexive" because the action of the verb is reflected back to yourself. Of course, anyone can do a reflexive action, not just "you." |
| Braden: You already know a number of reflexive verbs but we'll delve more in to them in this lesson. |
| ---: Reflexive pronouns are me myself and nos ourselves, which are forms you have seen in other uses; but se means yourself, yourselves, himself, herself, themselves. You have seen se many times in other uses; and another means "if"). |
| Braden: Could you go through the conjugation for the verb lavar-se? |
| ---: Sure. Me lavo-I wash myself - Se lava-you wash yourself/he washes himself/she washes herself - Nos lavamos - wash ourselves Se lavam-y'all wash yourselves/they wash themselves |
| Braden: Some examples of common reflexive verbs are Chamar-se - to call oneself |
| could you give us a sample sentenc? |
| ---: A minha mãe se chamava Cook antes do seu casamento. |
| Braden: another is the verb Sentir-se - to feel. could you give us an example sentenc for this one? |
| ---: Quando não fazia exercício físico, não me se sentia muito bem. |
| Braden: Notice that the basic infinitive has se after it, connected with a hyphen. when it's conjugated, it's usually put before the verb. |
| ---: for example, Demorar-se - to delay - Entre as aulas, não me demoro a conversar. |
| Braden: note - When you wash yourself, você se lava, but when you "wash your hands" você lava as mãos, and no reflexive pronoun is required (or even possible for that matter). I'm pointing this out because it's quite unlike Spanish, where you "wash yourself" and you also "wash yourself the hands" as well, with a reflexive pronoun in both cases. |
| ---: In dictionaries, reflexive verbs are identified (for convenience) only with -se. However, in usage, natually any reflexive pronoun can go with the infinitve, agreeing with the subject of the sentence - Eu vou me olhar no espelho. Você quer se deitar cedo? Nós vamos nos sentir cansados se não dormimos. |
| Braden: also, Reflexive pronouns go before the presente participle, as other pronouns do. This is again, different from Spanish since the pronouns are attached to the -ndo form in that language. |
| ---: Ela está se olhando no espelho. - Estou me divertindo na sua festa, José. - O meu irmão vem já–está se vestindo. |
| quick review at the end of the lesson - explanation of why this is useful |
| Braden: Well that just about does it for this lesson. |
| ---: Have a great week! |
Outro |
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