Lesson5 p162

162 CONYERSATIONAL PORTUGUESE

10. G: PSo, torradas .,.

G: Bread, toast...

U. M: E manteiga?

M: And butter?

12.    G: Sim, tambćm.

G: Yes, also.

13.    J: Quero urna xicara (chńvena ®) de cafć com leite, e pSo.

J: I’d like a cup of coffee with milk, and some bread (rolls).

14.    P: Quero o mesmo.

P: I’d like the same.

15.    J: Maria, voc£ o que quer? (Maria, o que quer?)

J: Mary, what do you want?

16.    M: Eu nio quero muita coisa.

M: I don’t want very much.

17.    J: Quer se conservar (conservar-se) esbelta, nSo

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J: You’re watching your figurę, aren’t you?

18.    M: NSo precisamente. £ mais um hńbito.

M: Not exactly. It’s morę of a habit.

19.    G; E a senhorita, o que quer? (A senhora, o que quer?)

G: And what will you have, miss?

20.    M: Chi e um óyo¹ quente.

M: Tea and a soft-boiled egg.

21.    J: Garęom,² queira me trazer um guardanapo. (Queira trazer-me um guardanapo.)

J: Waiter, please bring me a napkin.

22.    M: E para mim um garfo, por favor.

M: And a fork for me, please.

23.    P: Tenha a bondade de nos trazer (trazer-nos) mais aęócar.

P: Please bring us some morę sugar.

24.    J: E depois, a conta . . . Aqui tern, garęom,² fique com o tróco.³

J: And then, the check. . . . Here you are, waiter. Keep the change.

25.    G: Muito obrigado, senhor.

G: Thank you, sir.

NOTES

1.    Voce esta com fome? (“Are you with hunger?”) Voce tem fome? (“Do you have hunger?”) Are you hungry?

2.    Eu tenho urna fome canina. (“I have a canine hunger.”) I’m terribly hungry. Cao and cachorro are words for “dog.” Tenho (I have) is from ter to have (see section 43 of the grammar summary).

4.    Garęon and garęao are also used.

5.    As suas ordens. (“At your orders.”) At your service. Que desejam? (“What do you want?”) What would you like?

6.    O cafe da manha (“The coffee of the moming”) Breakfast. (Used in Brazil, where it is also

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ovo 0.

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Recorded only on the Bnazilian edition.

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- troco (E).