Nana_Brazil

>>Diálogo
Dialogue

I like to start with a good conversation. There’s not too much to this one, but that’s for your benefit.

Oh, and please remember that you’re not in a sterile classroom. When you see a Diálogo, or any other text in Portuguese, I ask that you do one thing for me: Abra a boca! Open your mouth! Speak the language out loud; it’s a beautiful language that deserves this from you!

Setting:
Ana e Roberto Anna and Robert, two young college students, have seen each other around campus, but are meeting for the first time.

Ana Oi! Como você vai?
Roberto Tudo bem, obrigado. E você?
Ana Bem, obrigada. Como você se chama?
Roberto Eu me chamo Roberto. E você?
Ana Eu me chamo Ana.
Roberto De onde você é?
Ana São Paulo, e você?
Roberto Rio de Janeiro.
Ana Muito bom.
Roberto Muito prazer!
Ana Muito prazer e obrigada.
Roberto De nada. Adeus!
Ana Adeus!

I know, it probably looks foreign and uninviting. What if I promised you that it's actually an easy and repetitious conversation and that, very soon, this will be just as easy for you as for these two?

Let's examine it line by line:

Oi! Hello!/Hi! is an appropriate informal greeting at any time of the day.
Como você vai? means How are you?, but it literally translates "How you go?". Although mangled in English, it sounds close to How's it going?
Tudo bem! All's well! is a good response to the question Como você vai? The first word means all and the second well.
Obrigado and obrigada (in Ana's response) both mean thank you or thanks, so how do we know when to use one or the other? If you're a male, you must say obrigado (just like Roberto), and a female will always say obrigada (just like Ana). Unless you momentarily forget your gender, you'll be just fine.
E você? And you? is a short and efficient tag question, just like its English counterpart.
Bem! If Tudo bem! means "All well", then what does bem mean?
Como você se chama? asks for someone's name: What's your name?
Eu me chamo... My name is...
De onde você é? means Where are you from?
Bom or Muito bom O.K./Alright is a useful expression. You can use it to mark agreement, satisfaction, joy, or even indifference. Compare it to your stock of handy filler words: OK..., fine..., well..., etc.
Muito prazer! translates Much pleasure!, and it expresses the pleasure of meeting someone. Basically, you'll use it whenever you have the above conversation ("how are you?"... "what's your name?"..., "where are you from?").
De nada! You're welcome! works whenever someone has just said obrigado or obrigada.
Adeus! a nice, decent way to say Goodbye!.

Nana_Brazil

Greetings

Statement Response
Oi! Oi!
Hello!, Hi! Hello!, Hi!



Question Response
Como você vai? Tudo bem!
How are you? Very well!
Bem!
Well!

Asking someone's name
Question Response
Como você se chama? Eu me chamo...
What's your name? My name is...

Asking someone's place of origin

Question Response
De onde você é? Sou de, do, da...
Where are you from? I am from...

Thanking someone

Question Response
Obrigado!, Obrigada! De nada.
Thank you! You're welcome.

Saying Goodbye

Question Response
Adeus! Adeus!
Goodbye! Goodbye!

Nana_Brazil

:brazil

DE = CAN BE: FROM, OF, BY.
When we use as FROM just take a look at how to do it:

DE = FROM
DE + O = DO FROM ( MALE -THE)
DE + A = DA FROM (FEMALE - THE)
DE + OS = DOS FROM (THE -MALE - PLURAL)
DE + AS -= DAS FROM (THE - FEMALE - PLURAL )
As in English we say "I am from Brazil "- because THE is not used before a proper name, it causes mistakes when speaking Portuguese, which is used in sentences. Let`s see some examples:

I AM FROM BRAZIL - EU SOU DO BRAZIL . (do = de + o)
I AM FROM RIO - EU SOU DO RIO

BUT - I AM FROM SÃO PAULO = EU SOU DE SÃO PAULO. - (maybe because it refers to a saint proper name).

SHE IS FROM FRANCE - ELA É DA FRANÇA
HE IS FROM THE USA. - ELE É DOS ESTADOS UNIDOS.

The same occurs with names.

I am a friend of João.( or I am John`s friend) = Sou amiga do João.

I am a friend of Maria. = Sou amiga da Maria.

@dmin

Ho hooooo!!
Muito prazer to read you again Nani!!
I really liked this one!! Because I almost knew all what you explained here; I am delighted :-)

But..hmm..Why did you say: Come você vai? In stead of Come vai você?
Are both correct?

Obrigada for o dialogo, and here I am : abra minha boca (?!)..:D But, I am never sure if my way of prunouncing is correct or not!!

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Speak Moroccan - Parlez marocain
Moroccan Vocabulary - Vocabulaire Marocain

Nana_Brazil

ahahaa lol Asma lol....
Well.....it is "como vai você ?"- I wrote it by mistake, but in most cases the position of words does not matter in portuguese. In this case it does matter because if I say COMO VOCÊ VAI - could mean = "how do you go..."
It `s a pleasure that you sadiqah aheb baladi and my language
Beijos para você e até a proxima !

Nana_Brazil

Hey Asma... talking about "abra a boca" ..lol I remembered a quotation which I am sure you have already heard before...QUEM TEM BOCA VAI À ROMA - which means - "who has mouth goes to Rome".. I am not sure if there is an equivalent in English, but the sense of it is: if you have mouth and you can talk.. communicating you can go anywhere you want...

mike.x11

Nana, your explanation was very simplified, thanks
tudo sim e voce?
wht does this mean?