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shortened to o cafe.) O peąueno ałmoęo (“The smali lunch”) and o primeiro ałmoęo (“The first lunch”) Breakfast. (Used in Portugal.)

7. “What can you serve us?” The nos may come be-fore the infinitive servir, or after it, joined with a hyphen (see item 2 b. of section 20 of the gram-mar summary).

10. Pdo is bread, but in a generał sense it can also include rolls. Pdozinho means roli, plural pdezi-nhos.

17. “You want to stay slender.” Ndo? (“No?”), Ndo e? (“Isn’t it?”), are short forms of Ndo e verdade? (“Isn’t it true?”)

19.    “And what does the young lady want?”

20.    óvo egg. Ovos guentes soft-boiled eggs. Ovos estrełados fried eggs. Ovos mexidos scrambled eggs. Ovos duros hard-boiled eggs.

23.    “Have the kindness to bring me morę sugar.”

24.    Fiąue com o tróco. (“Remain with the change.”) Keep the change. The verb ficar to stay, remain, is used in a variety of expressions with an exten-sion of meaning, often being the equivalent of “to be.” Ficou em casa he stayed home. Onde fica? Where is it? Fico comencido. I am convinced. Pies ficam em pe. They are standing. £sse paletó Ihe fica bem. That jacket looks good on you. Fiquei doente. I became ill. Ela ficou zangada. She was (became) angry.

25.    “Much obliged.”

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QUIZ 32

1. _ (We want) o cafe da manhd (o peąueno

ałmoęo) para tris pessoas.

a.    desejamos

b.    conservamos

c.    fome

2. _(and) manteiga?

a. . a

b.    e

c.    óvo

3.    Quero o_(same).

a.    muito

b.    mesmo

c.    servem

4.    O que_(do you want)?

a.    tenho

b.    tem

c.    ąuer

5.    Eu ndo ąuero „ ... (much),

a.    fome

b.    mesmo

c.    muita coisa

6.    Queira__(bring me) um guardanapo.

a.    costume

b.    me trazer (trazer-me)

c.    mesmo

7.    E__ (then, later) a conta.

a.    amanhd

b.    garfo

c.    depois