48 CONYERSATIONAL PORTUGUESE
ele nao tem nós nao temos (vós nao tendes) eles nao tem he doesn’t have we don’t have (you don’t have) they dou’t have
Tenho tempo.
N3o tenho tempo.
Nao tenho amigos.
Tenho fome. (Estou com fome.)1
Temos sede.2 (Estamos com s£dć.)
Ele tem frio. (Ele est4 com frio.)
Eles tem całor. (Eles estaocom calor).
O senhor tem razao.
I have time.
I don’t have time.
I don’t have any friends.
I am hungry. (“I have hunger. I am with hunger.”)
We are thirsty. (“We have thirst,” etc.)
He is cold.
They are warm.
You are right.
25. I KNOW ONLY A LITTLE PORTUGUESE
O senhor fala portugues? Do you speak
Portuguese?
Falo urn pouco. I speak a little.
Muito pouco. Very little.
N5o muito bem. Not veiy well.
Falo portugues. I speak Portuguese.
Falo (-o) mai. I speak (it) poorly.
I don’t speak it very well.
1 know only a few words.
I can’t say much in Portuguese.
Does your friend speak Portuguese?
No, my friend doesn’t speak Portuguese.
Do you understand Portuguese?
I understand (it).
I understand everything but I don’t speak (it).
I read (it) but I don’t speak (it).
No, I don’t understand Portuguese.
I don’t understand Portuguese very well.
I don’t pronounce it very well.
I need practice.
Do you understand me?
I understand.
I don’t understand very well.
What did you say?
You speak too fast. You’re speaking too fast.
Só sei umas poucas palavras (palavras poucas).
N3o posso dizer muita coisa em portugues.
O seu amigo fala portugues?
N3o, (o) meu amigo nao fala portugues.
O senhor compreende portugues?
Compreendo.
Compreendo tudo mas nao falo.
Leio mas nao falo.
N&o compreendo portugues muito bem.
Nao o pronuncio muito bem.
Preciso de pr&tica.
O senhor me compreende (compreende-me 0)?
Compreendo.
Nao compreendo muito bem.
Que disse o senhor?
O senhor fala muito depressa.
The first form, Tenho fome, etc., is morę common in Portugal; the second form given, Estou com fome, etc., is morę common in Brazil.
sede 0.