Learn how to form two-word future construction in Brazilian Portuguese
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| INTRODUCTION |
| Thássia: Bom dia! |
| Braden : Braden here! This is Absolute Beginner Season 1, Lesson 24 - Brazilian Shopping Mall Movies. So Thássia, what are we going to learn in this lesson? |
| Thássia: In this lesson, you will learn how to use the two-word future construction in Brazilian Portuguese. |
| Braden: Where does this conversation takes place and who is it between? |
| Thássia: This conversation takes place at the bus stop and it’s between Leonardo and Julie. |
| Braden: What’s the formality level of this conversation? |
| Thássia: The speakers are friends, so they'll be speaking informally. Let’s listen to the conversation. |
Lesson conversation |
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| Leonardo: O que vamos fazer hoje? |
| Julie: Bem, primeiro vamos visitar Andréia. |
| Leonardo: E vamos fazer o que depois? |
| Julie: Depois vamos assistir um filme no cinema. |
| Leonardo: Andréia vai conosco? |
| Braden:One time slowly. |
| Leonardo: O que vamos fazer hoje? |
| Julie: Bem, primeiro vamos visitar Andréia. |
| Leonardo: E vamos fazer o que depois? |
| Julie: Depois vamos assistir um filme no cinema. |
| Leonardo: Andréia vai conosco? |
| Braden:One time fast with translation. |
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| Julie: O que vamos fazer hoje? |
| Braden : What are we going to we do today? |
| Julie: Bem, primeiro vamos visitar Andréia. |
| Braden: Well, first we're going to visit Andréia. |
| Julie: E vamos fazer o que depois? |
| Braden: And what will we do after? |
| Julie: Depois vamos assistir um filme no cinema. |
| Braden : Afterward, we'll watch a movie at the theater. |
| Julie: Andréia vai conosco? |
| Braden : Will Andréia come with us? |
| POST CONVERSATION BANTER |
| Braden: Going to the movies. You know, I've noticed that in Brazil, movie theaters are often located in shopping malls. |
| Thássia: Many of them are. There's more people in a shopping mall already so it's easier to put it all in one place. |
| Braden: I bet it helps with sales too. |
| Thássia: Probably. A movie ticket usually costs R$15 or more per person. |
| Braden : Okay, so R$15. Is that a lot of money or is that cheap? |
| Thássia: Well, I don’t think it’s a lot of money but it’s expensive anyway. |
| Braden: Fifteen reals converts to about $7 or so, and that’s not very much money. But in Brazil, R$15 can do a lot of stuff. For example, what could you buy with R$15? |
| Thássia: I could buy rice and beans for two weeks. I could have dinner in a restaurant. I could a pair of flipflops. |
| Braden: So when you’re in Brazil, you need to think in reals, right, not in dollar. |
| Thássia: Sure. |
| VOCAB LIST |
| Braden: Let's take a look at the vocabulary for this lesson. The first word we’ll look at is… |
| Thássia: Cinema [natural native speed]. |
| Braden : Movie theater; cinema. |
| Thássia: Cinema [slowly - broken down by syllable]. Cinema [natural native speed]. |
| Braden: And our next word is… |
| Thássia: Filme [natural native speed]. |
| Braden: Film, movie. |
| Thássia: Filme [slowly - broken down by syllable]. Filme [natural native speed]. |
| Braden: And next we have… |
| Thássia: Assistir [natural native speed]. |
| Braden : To watch. |
| Thássia: Assistir [slowly - broken down by syllable]. Assistir [natural native speed]. |
| Braden: And our next word is… |
| Thássia: Conosco [natural native speed]. |
| Braden : With us. |
| Thássia: Conosco [slowly - broken down by syllable]. Conosco [natural native speed]. |
| Braden: And the next word is… |
| Thássia: Ir [natural native speed]. |
| Braden : To go. |
| Thássia. Ir [slowly - broken down by syllable]. Ir [natural native speed]. |
| Braden: And the next word is… |
| Thássia: Hoje [natural native speed]. |
| Braden : Today. |
| Thássia: Hoje [slowly - broken down by syllable]. Hoje [natural native speed]. |
| Braden: And next we have… |
| Thássia: Fazer [natural native speed]. |
| Braden: To make; to do. |
| Thássia: Fazer [slowly - broken down by syllable]. Fazer [natural native speed]. |
| Braden: And our last word is… |
| Thássia: Primeiro [natural native speed]. |
| Braden: First. |
| Thássia: Primeiro [slowly - broken down by syllable]. Primeiro [natural native speed]. |
| KEY VOCABULARY AND PHRASES |
| Braden : Let's take a closer look at one of the words from this lesson. Thássia, what are we going to look at in this lesson? |
| Thássia: The first word we’ll look at is "conosco." |
| Braden: In the dialogue, Leonardo asked… |
| Thássia: "Andréia vai conosco?" |
| Braden: Because he wanted to know if Andréia was going with them to the movies. |
| Thássia: "Conosco" is a kind of contraction of the words "com," which means "with," and "nos," which means "us." |
| Braden : And the pronunciation of this word, the "os”, are they open or closed? |
| Thássia: Well, they are closed, “conosco. Conosco. |
| Braden: There are three other words like this, which are… |
| Thássia: “Comigo"… |
| Braden: Which means, "with me…" |
| Thássia: "Contigo," which means "with you." |
| Braden: And "consigo," which means "with them." |
| Thássia: The words "comigo," "contigo," and "conosco" are used every day and are acceptable in both formal and informal situations. |
| Braden: "Consigo," on the other hand, is pretty odd. How does it sound to you, Thássia? |
| Thássia: It sounds weird. |
| Braden: Sounds weird. Does it sound like planned. |
| Thássia: Oh, yes. You pretend you’re trying to be smart. I don’t know, but if you use “consigo” in a conversation, you sound very, very strange. |
| Braden: Let's take a look at the grammar point for this lesson. |
Lesson focus |
| Thássia: The focus of this lesson is the two-word future construction in Portuguese. |
| Braden: This is a very useful lesson. |
| Thássia: We use this every single day. |
| Braden: Yes, they do. |
| Thássia: In the dialogue, we heard the phrase "O que vamos fazer hoje?" |
| Braden: Which means "What are we going to do today?" |
| Thássia: In Portuguese, the verb "ir" is used to form one of the future tenses. |
| Braden : This future tense is called the two-word future. This two-word future expresses future action in the same way as "will be" or "going to." |
| Thássia: The two-word future consists of the conjugated form of the verb "ir" followed by a verb in the infinitive. |
| Braden: Remember that infinitive just means that it is base or dictionary form. |
| Thássia: So the formula is "ir," plus infinitive verb, meaning "to be going to (do something)" or "will be (doing something)." |
| Braden: For example, the sentence "I'm going to study tomorrow," would be… |
| Thássia: "Eu vou estudar amanhã." "Vou" is the conjugated form of "ir" and " estudar" means "to study" and it’s in the infinitive form. |
| Braden: Another example would be "they are going to study now," which is… |
| Thássia: "Eles vão estudar agora." "Vão" is a conjugated form of "ir", and as we said before, "estudar" means "to study" in the infinitive form. |
| Braden : That just about does it for this lesson. |
| Thássia: Want to make the vocab words from this lesson stick? |
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| Thássia: Give it a try at PortuguesePod101.com. |
| Braden: See you later. |
| Thássia: Ciao! |
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