Lesson p074

74 CONYERSATIONAL PORTUGUESE

Sonie of these reflexive verbs use a preposition before a following object:

żles se despedem    They are taking leave of

de seus amigos.    their friends.

Ela se ri de nós.    She is laughing at us.

O senhor nao se atreve You don’t dare tell me. a dizer-me.

The “se” form is often used where the passive form would be used in English:

Fala-se portugues aąui. Portuguese is spoken

here.

As portas se abrem    The doors are opened

as oito.    at eight.

The “se” form is also used to translate the in-definite “one,” “they,” “people,” etc., in English:

Diz-se que...    It’s said that ... They

say that... People say that...

Aprende-se muito aąui. You (“one learns”) learn

a lot here.

QUIZ 13

1.    Senta-se.

2.    Nós nos vemos.

3.    Divirto-me.

4.    Disse-me.

5.    Nós nos levantamos.

6.    Eu me lavo.

7. Ri-se.

1.    Wegetup.

2.    They are taking Ieave.

3.    He gave it to them.

4.    Shelaughs.

5.    I wash myself.

6.    Tm having a good time.

7.    They write to each other.

8.    Escrevem-se.    8.    He told me.

9.    Deu-lhes.    9.    We see ourselves.

10.    Despedem-se.    10.    Hesitsdown.

ANSWERS

1—10; 2—9; 3—6; 4—8; 5—1; 6—5; 7—4; 8—7; 9—3; 10—2.

11.    It and Them

PLURAL

SINGULAR

Masculine    o it

Feminine    a it

O senhor tern o dinheiro? Tenho. (Sim, tenho-o.)

O senhor tem a carta? Tenho. (Sim, tenho-a.)

O senhor viu Jodo e Fedro?

Vi. (Sim, vi-os.)

O senhor viu Maria e Ana?

Vi. (Sim, vi-as.)

os them as them

Do you have the money? Yes, I have it.

Do you have the letter? Yes, I have it.

Did you see John and Peter?

Yes, I saw them.

Did you see Mary and Anna?

Yes, I saw them.

Notice that the pronoun is masculine if the word it refers to is masculine, plural if the word it refers to is plural, etc. In conversation a short answer is often given, as just the verb form as shown above. If the abject pronoun is used in the answer, it can follow the verb, as shown above in parentheses, or it can precede the verb: Sim, eu os tenho, etc.