Questions
- Why is “one” in “é uma” feminine?
- é uma (hora)- because “hora” is feminine
Notes
- O céu está escuro. - The sky is dark
- As nuvens estão carregadas. - The clouds are “loaded”
- carregado - loaded
- sobrecarregado - overloaded
- Sinto-me sobrecarregado.- I feel overloaded (hectic)
- sobre- prefix for “over”
- sobrepor- put something above (formal)
- pôr em cima- put on top
- Eu tenho uma casa.- I have a house
- am vs. have
- In English, I am x years old
- In Portuguese, I have X years
- In English, I am cold
- In Portuguese, I have cold- Tenho frio.
- In English, I am hungry/thirsty
- In portuguese, I have hunger/thirst
- Tenho (muita) fome. (foam)- I am with hunger
- Tenho (muita) sede. (sed)- I am with hunger
- Tenho fome de vencer.- I have a hunger to win.
- Boa como o milho- Good as corn (hitting on a woman; a bit dirty; bad pickup line)
- Ter as auxiliary verb
- Tenho que trabalhar.- I have to work
- Tenho que ir embora (im-bood-uh).- I have to go away
- Tenho que falar com o meu pai- I have to talk to my father
- Auxiliary verb is conjugated
- Other verb is in infinitive tense
- ter + que + main verb- “have to”
- Nós temos que estudar.- We have to study
- Tenho que jogar um jogo.- I have to play a game
- Use ter to give a suggestion
- Tens que comer mais cedo.- You have to eat earlier
- ter + que + main verb to make a suggestion
- Use bem with verbs and bom with nouns, except “Estou bom”
- eu vejo mal- I see badly
- ver can also mean “watch”
- Eu vejo todos os jogos do mundial (mun-deeahl).- I watch every game of the world cup.
- Eu vejo televisão (tell-uh-vee-zaou; nasal)- I watch television
- áudio (ow-dioo)- audio
- vídeo (vee-dee-oo)- video
- ouvir (oh-veed)- to hear or listen
- In Lisbon (aw) or (oh)
- In Porto (oh)
- Eu oiço/ ouço (oy-soo or oh-soo)
- Tu ouves
- Ele ouve
- Nós ouvimos
- Vocês/eles/elas ouvem
- Eu oiço música (moo-zee-cah).- I listen to music
- escutar- to listen
- not as common as “listen” in English
- ou (oh)- or
- touro (Lisbon)/ toiro (north of Lisbon)- bull
- cutlery (forks and knives)- talheres (tay-yedsh)
- loiça/ louça- forks, knives, and plates
- pratos- dishes
- ouro/ oiro- gold
- Not many people use the second one
- música clássica- classical music
- música brasileira- Brazilian music
- música eletrónica- electronic music
- Eu oiço o despertador a tocar.- I listen to (heard) the alarm going off
- I heard the alarm playing
- Eu oiço o despertador (desh-per-tah-door) a tocar de manhã.- I heard the alarm going off.
- despertar- coming out of groggy; waking up fully
- acordar- wake up
- levantar-se- get up