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| INTRODUCTION |
| Sílvia: Bom dia! Bem-vindo ao PortuguesePod101.com! |
| Braden: Upper Beginner Season 1, lesson 24, Dance Your Way into a Portuguese Party Invitation. Hello and welcome back to PortuguesePod101.com, the fastest, easiest, and most fun way to learn Portuguese. I’m joined in the studio by… |
| Sílvia: Hello, everyone! Sílvia here. So Braden, please tell us what we’ll be learning in this lesson. |
| Braden: In this lesson, you’ll learn how to conjugate and use ter and vir in the present tense. |
| Sílvia: Where does this conversation take place and who is it between? |
| Braden: This conversation takes place in the morning, at school, and it’s between Giselle and Samuel. |
| Sílvia: What’s the formality level? |
| Braden: Well, they’re friends so they’ll be speaking pretty informally. |
| Sílvia: Let’s listen to the conversation. |
| DIALOGUE |
| Giselle: Eles tem que vir. A festa vai ser tão chata se eles não vierem. |
| Samuel: Eu não acho tão importante assim e não vai ser chata. Tem muita gente boa por aqui. |
| Giselle: Eu sei mas esses dois são tão divertidos. |
| Samuel: São mesmo. Tam bém os dois têm o dom de dançar. |
| Giselle: Ta vendo. Eles tem que vir. |
| Braden: One time slowly. |
| Giselle: Eles tem que vir. A festa vai ser tão chata se eles não vierem. |
| Samuel: Eu não acho tão importante assim e não vai ser chata. Tem muita gente boa por aqui. |
| Giselle: Eu sei mas esses dois são tão divertidos. |
| Samuel: São mesmo. Também os dois têm o dom de dançar. |
| Giselle: Ta vendo. Eles tem que vir. |
| Braden: One time fast, with translation. |
| Giselle: Eles tem que vir. A festa vai ser tão chata se eles não vierem. |
| Giselle: But they have to come. The party will be so dull if they don't come. |
| Samuel: Eu não acho tão importante assim e não vai ser chata. Tem muita gente boa por aqui. |
| Samuel: I don't think it's that important and it won't be dull. There are a lot of great people around here. |
| Giselle: Eu sei mas esses dois são tão divertidos. |
| Giselle: I know but these two are so fun. |
| Samuel: São mesmo. Também os dois têm o dom de dançar. |
| Samuel: Yes they are. Also both of them have the gift of dance. |
| Giselle: Ta vendo. Eles tem que vir. |
| Giselle: You see. They have to come. |
| POST CONVERSATION BANTER |
| Braden: Okay, Sílvia, could you tell us a little bit about the differences between American and Brazilian dancing? |
| Sílvia: One thing you know by now is that Brazilians know how to dance, at least most of us do. There are several types of dance that have been embedded in Brazil and become popular throughout the world. |
| Braden: Probably, the most famous is zumba. |
| Sílvia: Yeah, Zumba. |
| Braden: Okay, that’s how you say it. Zumba developed in Bahia along with several other types of dance, but over the years has become the hallmark of the Carnaval Celebration in Rio and São Paulo. |
| Sílvia: Interestingly enough, Zumba is almost nonexistent in the Carnaval in Salvador Bahia, where the world’s largest carnival celebrations are held. |
| Braden: I’ve heard it said that only Brazilians can dance Zumba because it requires a type of rhythmic movement that centered around hips and moving around and expands from there to the rest of the bottom. Americans and Europeans as well tend to be just a little too stiff to be able to dance the Zumba. Have you noticed that? |
| Sílvia: Yeah. |
| Braden: Yeah. |
| Sílvia: But I think it’s just lack of practice. |
| Braden: Okay, let’s take a look at the vocabulary. |
| VOCAB LIST |
| Braden: The first word we’ll look at is… |
| Sílvia: festa [natural native speed] |
| Braden: party |
| Sílvia: festa [slowly - broken down by syllable] festa [natural native speed] |
| Braden: Next |
| Sílvia: chato [natural native speed] |
| Braden: jerk, irritating |
| Sílvia: chato [slowly - broken down by syllable] chato [natural native speed] |
| Braden: Next |
| Sílvia: vêm [natural native speed] |
| Braden: they come, you all come |
| Sílvia: vêm [slowly - broken down by syllable] vêm [natural native speed] |
| Braden: Next |
| Sílvia: divertido [natural native speed] |
| Braden: fun |
| Sílvia: divertido [slowly - broken down by syllable] divertido [natural native speed] |
| Braden: Next |
| Sílvia: dançar [natural native speed] |
| Braden: to dance |
| Sílvia: dançar [slowly - broken down by syllable] dançar [natural native speed] |
| Braden: Next |
| Sílvia: importante [natural native speed] |
| Braden: important |
| Sílvia: importante [slowly - broken down by syllable] importante [natural native speed] |
| Braden: Next |
| Sílvia: gente [natural native speed] |
| Braden: people, person |
| Sílvia: gente [slowly - broken down by syllable] gente [natural native speed] |
| Braden: Next |
| Sílvia: vir [natural native speed] |
| Braden: to come |
| Sílvia: vir [slowly - broken down by syllable] vir [natural native speed] |
| Braden: Next |
| Sílvia: ter [natural native speed] |
| Braden: to have |
| Sílvia: ter [slowly - broken down by syllable] ter [natural native speed] |
| Braden: And our last word is... |
| Sílvia: mesmo [natural native speed] |
| Braden: really |
| Sílvia: mesmo [slowly - broken down by syllable] mesmo [natural native speed] |
| VOCAB AND PHRASE USAGE |
| Braden: Let's have a closer look at the usage for some of the words and phrases in this lesson. |
| Sílvia: The first phrase we’ll look at is - ta vendo, viu? |
| Braden: In the dialogue we heard this phrase "ta vendo" in almost the same way that English uses "See?" Brazilians say this a lot, especially if whatever they’re saying is somehow substantiated by current events. Could you give us an example sentence of this phrase? |
| Sílvia: “É como eu falei, tá vendo? Viu?” The translation would be, “It’s just as I said, see?” |
| Braden: See? I’m right! |
| Sílvia: Yeah. It’s kind of emphasizing what I said before to show the evidence. |
| Braden: Could you break this down for us? |
| Sílvia: Ta vendo, viu? |
| Braden: And one time fast. |
| Sílvia: Ta vendo, viu? |
| Braden: And what’s our next phrase? |
| Sílvia: The next phrase we’ll look at is vêm vs. veem. |
| Braden: This is a very careful pronunciation difference, isn’t it? |
| Sílvia: Yes. Vêm means "they come" and veem means "they see." It's always good to speak correctly, but if you can't get it right at first, you can always use the present progressive and say estão vendo (they are seeing) or estão vindo (they are coming). |
| Braden: That simplifies it a little bit. The difference in pronunciation here is that the vêm , which means “they come” is faster. It’s just a little tiny bit shorter. |
| Sílvia: Correct. |
| Braden: And then the one that’s “they see” is a little tiny bit longer. |
| Sílvia: Veem |
| Braden: But when you’re speaking really fast… |
| Sílvia: Vêm and veem |
| Braden: Almost indistinguishable. Do you sometimes get confused or can you always tell? |
| Sílvia: You can also tell by the context, but sometimes, my ear doesn’t get it. |
| Braden: Before the new orthography that came out just about 2 years go, veem, the “they see” was written with a circumflex over that first “e.” But now, it’s not there anymore, that was removed, but the pronunciation stays the same. The correct way to spell it now is without the accent or you’re going to see it with and without, depending on which books you read and which websites and so forth. Could you break down “they come”? |
| Sílvia: eles vêm |
| Braden: And one time fast. |
| Sílvia: eles vêm |
| Braden: And could you break down “they see”? |
| Sílvia: eles veem |
| Braden: And one time fast. |
| Sílvia: eles veem |
| Braden: Let’s move on to the grammar point. |
Lesson focus |
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| Sílvia: The focus of this lesson is ter and vir in the present tense. |
| Braden: In the dialogue, we heard the phrase… |
| Sílvia: Eles tem que vir. |
| Braden: Which we translated as “But they have to come.” |
| Sílvia: "Ter" and "vir" are two frequently used verbs in Portuguese. For the most part, these two verbs are used exactly the same as their English counterparts. There are some exceptions, but we'll go over them in later sessions. |
| Braden: Ter and vir have extremely similar conjugation patterns, so it’s worthwhile to learn them together. |
| Sílvia: Ter means "to have" and in the present tense, it is conjugated as; eu tenho, tu tens, ele/ela tem, nós temos, vós tendes, eles têm. |
| Braden: Could you give some examples on how to use this verb. |
| Sílvia: Eu tenho dois irmãos. “I have two brothers.” |
| Braden: Ter is conjugated to the present tense, first person form. And how about one more example? |
| Sílvia: Nós temos muito dinheiro. "We have a lot of money." |
| Braden: Okay and here, the verb ter is conjugated to the first person plural, so that would be “we” or nós. How about another example? |
| Sílvia: Ele tem sorte. "He has luck" or "He’s lucky." |
| Braden: How is the verb conjugated here? |
| Sílvia: The verb is conjugated here, third person singular, ele or ela tem. |
| Braden: How about one last example sentence? |
| Sílvia: Eles têm muitos amigos. "They have many friends." |
| Braden: And how is the verb conjugated here? |
| Sílvia: Third person plural, eles or elas têm. We’ve got a circumflex accent over the ê. |
| Braden: Is there any difference in pronunciation between the third person plural and the third person singular, ‘cause one has a circumflex and the other doesn’t? |
| Sílvia: There isn’t any pronunciation change. |
| Braden: So they’re identical when you say them. |
| Sílvia: Yes. It’s just when you write it, you have to put a circumflex accent, if we’re talking about the third person plural. |
| Braden: Let’s take a look at the verb vir. |
| Sílvia: Vir means “to come.” It is also an irregular verb and in the present tense is conjugated like this; eu venho, tu vens, ele vem, nós vimos, vós vindes, eles/elas vêm. |
| Braden: Could you give us some examples of this verb? |
| Sílvia: Eu venho depois das dezoito horas. "I'll come at six p.m." |
| Braden: Here, the verb is conjugated to the first person singular. |
| Sílvia: Right. |
| Braden: Eu venho. Notice how the pattern of conjugation is almost identical to that of the verb ter, eu venho - eu tenho. |
| Sílvia: Right. |
| Braden: How about another example? |
| Sílvia: Ele vem aqui todo dia? "Does he come here every day?" |
| Braden: And how is the verb conjugated here? |
| Sílvia: It’s conjugated third person singular, ele or elsa vem. |
| Braden: And once again, almost identical to the verb ter. So, tem, tem. How about another example? |
| Sílvia: Elas vêm na sexta. "They'll come on Friday." |
| Braden: How is this verb conjugated? |
| Sílvia: It’s conjugated third person plural, elas or eles vêm. |
| Braden: And once again, identical, almost, to the verb ter. One more sentence. |
| Sílvia: Nós vimos do Paraná. "We come from Paraná." This is actually past and present because the words are both past and present. |
Outro |
| Braden: That just about does it for this lesson! Tchau pra vocês! |
| Sílvia: Tchau-tchau! |
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