Uma Camisola Nova
O Afonso precisa de uma camisola nova e experimenta várias numa loja da Rua de Santa Catarina, no Porto.
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Story opening — Portuguese with English Translation
É sábado e chove no Porto. A Rua de Santa Catarina está cheia de guarda-chuvas. O Afonso entra numa loja. Veste uma camisola cinzenta, velha, com um buraco no cotovelo. Precisa de uma nova. Uma empregada vem ter com ele. — Bom dia. Qual é o seu tamanho? — Médio. — E a cor? — Experimento tudo. Menos cinzento.
It's Saturday and it's raining in Porto. Rua de Santa Catarina is full of umbrellas. Afonso walks into a shop. He's wearing an old grey jumper with a hole in the elbow. He needs a new one. A shop assistant comes over to him. — Good morning. What's your size? — Medium. — And the colour? — I'll try anything. Except grey.
A empregada traz uma camisola amarela. — Experimente esta. O provador é ali, ao fundo. O Afonso fecha a cortina e experimenta. No espelho há um canário enorme. — Então? — Amarela não. A empregada traz uma verde. Fica apertada. Depois traz uma azul, como os azulejos da Capela das Almas. Fica grande. Parece um vestido.
The assistant brings a yellow jumper. — Try this one. The fitting room is over there, at the back. Afonso closes the curtain and tries it on. In the mirror there's an enormous canary. — Well? — Not yellow. The assistant brings a green one. It's tight. Then she brings a blue one, like the tiles on the Capela das Almas. It's too big. It looks like a dress.
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Vocabulary Glossary
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| experimento | I try / I try on (present) |
| experimente | try / try on (polite command, experimentar) |
| experimentamos | we try / we try on (present) |
| camisola | jumper / sweater |
| tamanho | size |
| médio | medium (size) |
| provador | fitting room / changing room |
| apertada | tight (fem.) |
| cinzento | grey |
| empregada | shop assistant (woman) / employee |
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