Lesson' p118

118 CONYERSATIONAL PORTUGUESE

4.    Does the bus stop here?

5.    Where do I get off?

6.    Where is there a public phone?

7.    Where is this Street?

8.    Whaf s the shortest way to get to... ?

9.    Take me to this address.

10. Is it near here?

ANSWERS

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

55. PLEASE

One of the most common ways of saying “please” is the equivalent of “Do the favor of’: Faęa o favor (de).

Faęa o favor de entrar.

Please come in.

Faęa o favor de levar isto.

Please carry this.

Faęa o favor de vir cedo.

Please come early.

Other polite expressions are:

1. Fazfavor.

Please (“do the favor”).

Faz favor de me telefonar (telefonar-me).

Please telephone me.

Faz favor de sentar-se.

Please sit down.

2.    Tenha a bondade.

Please (“have the kindness”).

Tenha a bondade de preparar tudo.

Please prepare everything.

3.    Porfavor.

Please.

(O) Seu bilhete, por favor.

Your ticket, please.

4.    Queira...

Please...

Queira continuar atć domingo.

Please continue until Sunday.

Queira embarcar antes das norę.

Please embark before nine.

Related expressions:

Quero Ihe pedir (pedir-lhe) um favor.

I want to ask a favor of you.

Recebi (o) seu favor.

I received your letter (“favor”). (In commercial corre-spondence.)

Desculpe-me.

Excuse me. (For having done something.)

Desculpe a demora.

Excuse my delay.