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| INTRODUCTION |
| Braden: Hi! And welcome back to PortuguesePod101.com. The fastest, easiest and most fun way to learn Portuguese. This is Introduction Lesson 1 – “Where did you learn to speak Portuguese like that?” My name is Braden. |
| Thassia: And I’m Thassia and we’re about to introduce you to a new fun way to learn Portuguese. |
| Braden: At PortuguesePod101.com each lesson is hosted by one native English speaker, that’s me. |
| Thassia: And one native Brazilian, that’s me. |
| Braden: The core of our approach revolves around language and culture material, presented in a fun conversational audio format. |
| Thassia: Not only that the lessons are entertaining, but you start to speak Portuguese from the very first lesson. |
| Braden: That’s right. Now, there are two main resources for every lesson. The lesson audio, which you listen to and the audio support materials, on our site PortuguesePod101.com |
| Thassia: Most audio lessons have at least four main parts. A dialogue, a vocabulary and phrase section, a grammar section and a cultural insights section. |
| Braden: Exactly. |
| Thassia: Our dialogues are the base of the lessons and our always current practical dialogues based on real life experience. |
| Braden: And, on our site you can find bonus audio tracks, lesson notes, quizzes and other learning tools for each and every lesson. |
| Thassia: So, the focus of this lesson is ordering food in a restaurant. |
| Braden: In this lesson, our dialogue takes us to Brazil’s most internationally well known city. |
| Thassia: Rio de Janeiro! |
| Braden: Thank you. |
| Thassia: Welcome. |
| Braden: This dialogue takes place at a lanchonete. Let’s listen to the conversation. |
| DIALOGUE |
| Sara: Quanto custa um suco de acerola. |
| Vendedor: Dois e cinquenta. |
| Sara: Então, eu quero um. |
| Braden: One time, slowly please. |
| Thassia: Uma vez, devagar, por favor. |
| Sara: Quanto custa um suco de acerola. |
| Vendedor: Dois e cinquenta. |
| Sara: Então, eu quero um. |
| Braden: And one time fast, with translation. |
| Thassia: Uma vez rápido, com tradução. |
| Thassia: Quanto custa um suco de acerola? “How much it is an Acerola juice?” |
| Braden: Dois e cinquenta. “Two fifty.” |
| Thassia: Então, eu quero um. “Then I want one.” |
| POST CONVERSATION BANTER |
| Braden: In our vocabulary and phrase usage section, several words or phrases are chosen for closer examination. |
| Thassia: The first vocabulary word we’re going to look at in this lesson is lanchonete is a place where lanches or snacks are sold. |
| Braden: These lanchonetes are usually found at bus stations or neighborhoods and can be little kiosks or full buildings. |
| Thassia: Most of the time lanchonetes will have juice, small cakes and burgers. But they mostly have various types of salgadinhos, which are kind of like appetizers and they usually are quite tasty. |
| VOCAB LIST |
| Braden: In the vocabulary and phrases section we also review the pronunciation of the vocabulary. |
| Thassia: One time fast, for you to hear the natural speed. |
| Braden: One time slow, so you can fully grasp the pronunciation. |
| Thassia: And one more time fast, so you can repeat it in the full speed and with the translation. |
| Braden: So here we go. The word we’ll look at now is? |
| Thassia: lanchonete |
| Braden: Which means “snack stand” so, one time fast. |
| Thassia: lanchonete |
| Braden: And slowly, please. |
| Thassia: lanchonete |
| Braden: And, one more time fast. |
| Thassia: lanchonete |
| Braden: Awesome. Our next word is? |
| Thassia: salgadinhos |
| Braden: “Snacks, appetizers”. Small, non-sweet usually fried food sold at lanchonetes. Could you say salgadinhos slow, please? |
| Thassia: salgadinhos |
| Braden: And, one time fast. |
| Thassia: salgadinhos. At this rate, you’ll be speaking like a native in no time. |
| Braden: Okay, so those two words will make an appearance in our lesson notes. |
| Thassia: Those two and several others. There’s also written in lanchonetes in the lesson notes. |
| Braden: There’s also a grammar point in the lesson notes. |
| Thassia: But, when someone’s having trouble with the grammar point? |
| Braden: If you think grammar is confusing or difficult to grasp, just take a look at our lesson notes, you’ll get the grammar in no time. |
| Thassia: It’s perfect to look at while you’re listening to this lesson. You can print it out and even take notes on it to practice writing. |
| Braden: Well, I didn’t even think of that. I usually just download it. |
| Thassia: See? These lesson notes are indispensable. |
| Braden: So, if you really want to learn Portuguese, you’ll need to stop by PortuguesePod101.com. Sign up for a free lifetime membership and pick up the lesson notes. |
| Thassia: It really is the most effective and most convenient way to study. |
Lesson focus |
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| Braden: Okay, so our grammar point for this lesson is the phrase? |
| Thassia: Eu quero um. |
| Braden: Which means, “I want one.” |
| Thassia: Word order is an important component of every language and long complex sentences can cause the word order to vary quite a bit. |
| Braden: Luckily, in simple sentences like this one, English word order and Portuguese word order are typically the same. |
| Thassia: Let’s break down the phrase. Eu means “I”. |
| Braden: Quero means “want”. |
| Thassia: And um means “one”. |
| Braden: This phrase is one of the easiest ways to order food at a lanchonete. |
| Thassia: The easiest way is to point at the menu and say Eu quero um. |
| Braden: One of the best part of Brazil, in my opinion, is that ordering food at a restaurant is very easy, because – |
| Thassia: Most of the time, you won’t have to. Most take down restaurants are self-service, buffet style, so you won’t be seeing any menus there. |
| Braden: In fact, often you won’t have a waiter or even a host, just the cooks and a person at the cash register. |
| Thassia: On the other hand, most lanchonetes have menus, which is this dialogue was set at a lanchonete. |
| Braden: And, if you’re like me, you’ll be eating at a lanchonete much more often than restaurants. |
| Thassia: Why is that? |
| Braden: Well, eating in a nice restaurant in Brazil will easily cost over 20 bucks per person. |
| Thassia: Fair enough. At least, in touristic places it’s much more and eating at a lanchonete will probably cost you about seven dollars per person. |
| Braden: Thank you, Thassia. And the best place to practice the phrase Eu quero um is on the site. There we have? |
| Thassia: Line by line audio! |
| Braden: One of our most powerful tools for you improving pronunciation fast. There, you can listen to the phrases as many times as you need to. |
| Thassia: You can hear us again and again! |
| Braden: Exactly. With our line by line feature, you have the ability to rapidly improve your listening comprehension. Listen to the native Portuguese speakers and bite size sentences and phrases, so you can perfect every aspect of your Portuguese listening comprehension. |
| Thassia: Repeat after the speaker to improve your pronunciation. And, don’t forget the recording software. You can perfect your pronunciation, too. |
| Braden: Right. On that same webpage you can record your voice alongside the native Portuguese speakers. This is the perfect way to compare your pronunciation with the native Portuguese speakers. |
| Thassia: You can keep practicing and recording your voice. |
| Braden: Yep. You can keep recording until you find your pitch and intonation, build your fluency and perfect your pronunciation. |
| Thassia: I actually had fun recording my voice for the first time. |
| Braden: That’s good. I did too. Yeah, hearing your voice for the first time is interesting. Hearing yourself speak another language is even better. It’s pretty fun. Well, that’s it for this lesson. Please remember to stop by our website. |
| Thassia: PortuguesePod101.com |
| Braden: And sign up for a free lifetime account. Be sure to pick up the lesson notes while you’re there. |
| Thassia: You can leave us a comment on this lesson on PortuguesePod101.com |
| Braden: Stop by, say “Hi” and be sure to leave us a post. |
Outro |
| Thassia: Bye! |
| Braden: Bye-bye! |
| Thassia: Tchau. |
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| Sara: Quanto custa um suco de acerola. |
| Vendedor: Dois e cinquenta. |
| Sara: Então, eu quero um. |
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