Olá Mary,

Thank you for posting!

Should you have any questions, please let us know.

Sincerely,

Cristiane

Team PortuguesePod101.com

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Hi Miemie,

Thank you for posting!

Just a few corrections here:

"Fale mais devagar" (in case you're in Brazil, in most areas, we use "você" (you) which requires a conjugation corresponding to the 3rd. person /singular);

"Porque só sei dizer "bom dia" ou "boa tarde" (Because I can only say "good morning" or "good afternoon");

"Se você falar inglês vou ficar muito feliz/contente" (If you speak English I'll be very glad).

Just in case you're also referring to the lesson audio speed, you can adjust the speed by clicking on the ‘1x’ button next to the volume control icon (you can choose either 0.75x or 0.5x to slow it down).

Feel free to let us know if you have any questions.

Sincerely,

Cristiane

Team PortuguesePod101.com

Olá Cristiane,

Por favor fala mais devagar, porque sou uma pessoa que só conheco de dizer bom dia ou boa tarde.

Se você fala inglês vou estar muito contente.

Até logo!

Hi Ram,

You're welcome.

If you need any help, please contact us :wink:

Cristiane

Team Portuguesepod101.com

Thanks Christiane,

10/10 very good.- Muito Bom

Muito obrigada

Ram

Hello Ram,

Thanks for your message,

Actually, " Can you speak English?" would be better translated as is in the lesson, that is: " Você fala inglês?". This would be the version you'd hear here in Brazil :wink:

"Do you speak English?" would also be said in Portuguese as " Você fala inglês?".

That is, the "core" of the question is to inquire if someone is able to speak a certain language and so we would use: "Você fala inglês?" (" Can you speak English?" or "Do you speak English?"); "Você fala japonês?" ("Can you speak Japanese?" or "Do you speak Japanese?"); "Você fala espanhol?" (" Can you speak Spanish?" or "Do you speak Spanish?"); and so on.

If you have any doubts, please let us know :wink:

Cristiane

Team Portuguesepod101.com

Can You Speak English? - Você pode falar em Inglês? (google translation)

Do you Speak English? - Você falar em Inglês? - here, is "em" silence?

Oi Roberto,

Let me try to help you.

"Falar" is the verb "to speak" in the infinitive form. And "fala" is the verb "to speak" conjugated to 'you, he, she, it'.

So, if you say "Você falar português?" would be the same as saying "Do you to speak Portuguese?"

That's why you need to use the conjugated form, "fala" = "Você fala português?"

I hope it helps!

Paloma

Team PortuguesePod101.com

Oi, O meu nome e Roberto. I have a question regarding fala or falar. Does it matter if you say voce fala Portugues or voce falar portugues? I am confused about this. Or does this depend on circumstances or gender specific?

muito obrigado.

Roberto