Grammar Lesson 13: Gender in Portuguese and Spanish, Buying Alcohol

asset title: Grammar Lesson 13: Gender in Portuguese and Spanish, Buying Alcohol filename: tafalado_gra_13.mp3 track number: 39/46 time: 11:33 size: 8.12 MB bitrate: 96 kbps To be clear, we are referring to gender agreement. Get ready: although gender is 95% the same between Spanish and Portuguese, there are a few words that change. Is it o leite or a leite ? O sal or a sal ? O origem or a origem ? Valdo and Michelle clarify things for us. Culturally, at what age can you buy alcohol in Brazil? Dialog Portuguese Valdo: O leite, o mel e o sal que você pediu para eu comprar já estão aqui. Michelle: E o vinho, a cerveja e a água, você não trouxe? E o computador, onde está? Valdo: Eta, esqueci da água e do computador. Mas as bebidas alcoólicas não me deixaram trazer porque eu estava sem minha identidade. Michelle: Mas como assim? Qual a origem disso? Valdo: Pois é, eles fizeram uma análise equivocada do meu rosto. Acharam que eu tinha menos de 21 anos. Michelle: Mas isso é um bom sinal, Valdo. Acharam que você era de menor! Mas você sabe que independente da idade você sempre tem que mostrar a identidade para comprar álcool aqui. Spanish Valdo: La leche, la miel, y la sal que pidió que comprara ya están aquí. Michelle: Y el vino, la cerveza y el agua, ¿no los trajiste? Y la computadora, ¿dónde está? Valdo: Ay, se me olvidó el agua y la computadora. Pero no permitieron que comprara las bebidas alcohólicas porque no llevaba mi identificación. Michelle: ¿Pero como así? ¿Cuál es el origen de eso? Valdo: Pues, se equivocaron en el análisis de mi rostro. Pensaron que tenía menos de 21 años. Michelle: Pero eso es una buena señal Valdo. Pensaron que eras más joven! Y tú sabes que no importa la edade que tengas, hay que siempre mostrar la identificación para comprar alcohol aquí. English Valdo: The milk, the honey, and the salt that you asked me to buy are already here. Michelle: And the wine, beer, and water, didn't you bring them? And the computer, where is it? Valdo: Shoot, I forgot the water and the computer. But they didn't let me buy the alcohol because I didn't have my ID. Michelle: What do you mean? What's going on here? Valdo: Right, well they missed analyzed things based on my face. They thought I was less than 21 years old. Michelle: But that's a good sign Valdo. They thought you were younger! But you know that it doesn't matter how old you are, you always have to show ID to by alcohol here.

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Grammar Lesson 13: Gender in Portuguese and Spanish, Buying Alcohol is an episode from Tá Falado: Brazilian Portuguese Pronunciation for Speakers of Spanish by College of Liberal Arts, University of Texas at Austin.

This episode is 11:33 long.

This episode was published on Aug 3, 2007.

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