Língua da Gente - Portuguese Podcast: Dialogs

Elementary 68: The bed is uncomfortable


Listen Later

We spend so much of our life in bed, it really shows that getting the right bed is probably a big deal. But what do you do when the bed is uncomfortable. It may be that buying another one will change things, or maybe not. It’s such a hard decision, but at least we’ll give you the language necessary to make that decision in Portuguese.

Dialogue

A: Ai, sabe, eu nunca gostei dessa cama, as vezes parece dura demais, e as vezes parece mole demais.
B: Por quê você não compra outra?
A: Ah, essa saiu tão cara, e quem sabe se eu comprar uma nova vai ser igual.
B: Eu sei, fazer o que, né?
A: É, as vezes eu acordo com dor nas costas, e outras vezes com dor no pescoço.
B: Será que não é o caso de trocar de travesseiro.
A: Já troquei, mas sabe, é a cama mesmo.


A: Ay, you know, I never liked this bed, sometimes it seems too hard, and sometimes it seems too soft.
B: Why don’t you buy another one?
A: Oh, this one was so expensive, and who knows if I buy a new one that it won’t be the same.
B: I know, what can you do, you know?
A: Yeah, sometimes I wake up with a sore back, other times with a sore neck.
B: Maybe it’s a matter of changing your pillow.
A: I already did change, you know, it really is the bed.
...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

Língua da Gente - Portuguese Podcast: DialogsBy COERLL, University of Texas at Austin, Project Director: Orlando Kelm

  • 4.3
  • 4.3
  • 4.3
  • 4.3
  • 4.3

4.3

11 ratings


More shows like Língua da Gente - Portuguese Podcast: Dialogs

View all
Tá Falado: Brazilian Portuguese Pronunciation for Speakers of Spanish by College of Liberal Arts, University of Texas at Austin

Tá Falado: Brazilian Portuguese Pronunciation for Speakers of Spanish

101 Listeners

Hindi: A Spoken Thesaurus by Hindi Urdu Flagship, University of Texas at Austin

Hindi: A Spoken Thesaurus

21 Listeners

Hindi: Glossaries Alive! by Hindi Urdu Flagship, University of Texas at Austin

Hindi: Glossaries Alive!

59 Listeners

Point of Discovery by University of Texas at Austin, College of Natural Sciences, Marc Airhart

Point of Discovery

19 Listeners

Língua da Gente - Portuguese Podcast: Lessons by COERLL, University of Texas at Austin, Project Director: Orlando Kelm

Língua da Gente - Portuguese Podcast: Lessons

109 Listeners

This is Democracy by This is Democracy

This is Democracy

97 Listeners

Policy@McCombs by Salem Center for Policy

Policy@McCombs

7 Listeners

Second Reading Podcast by Second Reading Podcast

Second Reading Podcast

4 Listeners