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158 CONYERSATIONAL PORTUGUESE

much are the lemons sold?”) How much are the lemons? Quanto Ihe custaram as całęas? (“How much did the trousers cost to you?”) How much did your trousers cost?

2. The cruzeiro is the currency unit of Brazil, for-merly having been the mil reis. Its vaiue has varied greatly due to steep inflation. As of this writing, the exchange ratę is approximately 8,200 cruzeiros to the dollar. The escudo is the currency unit of Portugal. The present ratę of exchange is 165 escudos to the dollar.

3. E muito caro. (“It’s very expensive.”) That's rather expensive. hto e muito caro. This is very high (expensive). Barato cheap. Mais ba rato (“More cheap”) Cheaper. (See secton 18 of the Summary of Portuguese Grammar.) Muito barato very cheap.

4. Genero, kind, class, sort.

6. Tem este. (“You have, or there is, this one.”) There’s this (one), or, we have this (one).

7. “Don*t you have something of another kind you could show me?” Mostre-me outra coisa. (“Show me another thing.”) Show me something else.

8. “Ofless price?”

10. Seja from ser (see section 39 of the grammar summary).—“Perhaps this one is what you want.”

11. Depender de, to depend on.

15. E este ourro. “And this other one.”

18. Em breve, in brief; in a short time.

19. Para ąuando? “For when?”

20. De um dia para o outro. “From one day to the other.” Passat (por aqui) to pass (by here, to stop in).

21. Posso I can. In answer to a ąuestion, often just the verb will be repeated without “yes” or “no.” Pode passar por aąui? Posso. Pode vir amanha? Can you come tomorrow? Nao posso. No, I can’t. (“I can’t.”)

24. Consigo is a combination which comes from com “with” and si “oneself,” “yourself,” etc. One also hears com o senhor or com d senhora for “with you.”

25. Prefiro que... I prefer that, I’d prefer that, or I*d rather...

26. “The address is the same of (as) always?”

28. and 29. For other expressions on departure see Lesson 8.

QUIZ 31

1. £ muito_(expensive).

a. custa

b. isto

c. caro

2. Ndo tem alguma coisa mais_(cheap)?

a. ginero

b. preęo

c. barata