Lesson# p102

102 CONYERSATIONAL PORTUGUESE

Nfto diga a ningućm. Don’t tell anybody.

Nunca o vejo. Nunca o vL

file nunca vem. file nunca veio. Nunca vou.

Nunca irei.

I never see him.

I never saw him. He never comes. He never came.

I never go.

I’U never go.

LESSON 23

(Uteful Word Group* Ił)

Nem

Nor.

Eu nio disse (nem) sequer unia pa!avra.

I didn’t say a word.

Nem...nem...

Neither... nor...

Nem mais nem menos.

Just so (“neither morę nor less”).

Nem um nem outro.

Neither one or the other.

Nem isto nem isso.

Neither this nor that.

Nem peixe nem carne.

Neither fish nor fowl.

Nem todos foram.

Not all went.

Nem bem nem mai. So so. Neither good nor

bad.

NSo posso nem desejo ir.

NSo tenho nem tempo nem dinheiro.

£le nSo sabe ler nem escrever.

NSo tenho cigarros nem charutos.

I can’t go, nor do I want togo.

I have neither the time nor the money.

He can’t read or write.

I haven’t any cigarettes or cigars.

48. USEFUL WORD GROUPS U

1. Isn’t it?

NSo ś?

Isn’t it?

NSo ć verdade?

Isn’t that so?

O portuguSs ć fścil, nSo ć?

Portuguese is easy, isn’t it?

A gente aqui ć muito agradśvel, nSo ś?

People here are very nice, aren’t they?

0    senhor tem lSpis?

Do you have a pencil?

NSo tenho.

1    don’t have any.

£ verdade!

That’s the truth!

O senhor conhece o Sr. Dias, nSo i verdade?

You know Mr. Dias, don’t you?

NSo hś nada de verdade nisto.

There’s no truth in this.