A Carteira Perdida
Ana perde a carteira no metro de Lisboa e um homem simpático devolve-a.
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Story opening — Portuguese with English Translation
Ana vai de metro para o trabalho todas as manhãs. Na terça-feira, quando chega ao escritório, abre a mala e não encontra a carteira. Procura em todos os bolsos. A carteira não está. Ana fica muito preocupada.
Ana takes the metro to work every morning. On Tuesday, when she arrives at the office, she opens her bag and cannot find her wallet. She looks in every pocket. The wallet is not there. Ana is very worried.
Ao meio-dia, Ana vai aos achados e perdidos do metro. A senhora do balcão diz: "Hoje de manhã não entregaram nenhuma carteira." Ana procura o número de telefone do metro para ligar. Fica triste.
At midday, Ana goes to the metro's lost and found. The lady at the desk says: "Nothing was handed in this morning." Ana looks for the metro's phone number to call. She is sad.
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Vocabulary Glossary
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| carteira | wallet |
| perdida | lost (feminine) |
| ir | to go |
| vai | goes (3rd person singular, present of ir) |
| metro | metro / subway |
| trabalho | work / job |
| todas | all / every (feminine plural) |
| manhãs | mornings |
| terça-feira | Tuesday |
| chega | arrives (3rd person singular, present of chegar) |
| chegar | to arrive |
| escritório | office |
| abre | opens (3rd person singular, present of abrir) |
| abrir | to open |
| mala | bag / handbag |
| não | no / not |
| encontra | finds (3rd person singular, present of encontrar) |
| encontrar | to find |
| procurar | to look for / to search |
| procura | looks for (3rd person singular, present of procurar) |
| procuramos | we look for (present of procurar) |
| procuraste | you looked for (past, informal of procurar) |
| procurámos | we looked for (past of procurar) |
| procuraram | they looked for (past of procurar) |
| procurarei | I will look for (future of procurar) |
| procurarás | you will look for (future, informal of procurar) |
| procuraremos | we will look for (future of procurar) |
| procurarão | they will look for (future of procurar) |
| procurando | looking for (gerund of procurar) |
| todos | all / every (masculine plural) |
| bolso | |
| bolsos | pockets |
| está | is (3rd person singular, present of estar) |
| estar | to be (temporary state / location) |
| fica | stays / becomes (3rd person singular, present of ficar) |
| ficar | to stay / to become |
| muito | very / much |
| preocupada | worried (feminine) |
| hoje | today |
| manhã | morning |
| de manhã | in the morning |
| hoje de manhã | this morning |
| entregaram | handed in / delivered (3rd person plural, past of entregar) |
| entregar | to hand in / to deliver |
| nenhuma | no / none (feminine) |
| achados e perdidos | lost and found |
| senhora | lady / madam |
| balcão | counter / desk |
| diz | says (3rd person singular, present of dizer) |
| dizer | to say / to tell |
| nada | nothing |
| boa tarde | good afternoon |
| encontrei | I found (1st person singular, past of encontrar) |
| banco | bench / seat |
| esta | this (feminine) |
| tem | has (3rd person singular, present of ter) |
| ter | to have |
| nome | name |
| cartão de cidadão | identity card (Portuguese) |
| sua | your / his / her (feminine possessive) |
| sim | yes |
| minha | my / mine (feminine) |
| obrigada | thank you (said by a woman) |
| devolver | to return (an object) |
| recusar | to refuse |
| pertence | belongs (3rd person singular, present of pertencer) |
| pertencer | to belong |
| sabe | knows (3rd person singular, present of saber) |
| saber | to know |
| encontram | meet / find (3rd person plural, present of encontrar) |
| se encontram | they meet each other |
| de metro | by metro / subway |
| para | to / for / towards |
| em | in / on / at |
| é | is (3rd person singular, present of ser) |
| ser | to be (permanent / essential quality) |
| meio-dia | midday / noon |
| ao meio-dia | at midday / at noon |
| telefone | telephone |
| toca | rings (3rd person singular, present of tocar) |
| tocar | to ring / to play (instrument) |
| ligar | to call (phone) / to switch on |
| triste | sad |
| tarde | afternoon |
| responde | replies / answers (3rd person singular, present of responder) |
| responder | to reply / to answer |
| sorriso | smile |
| simpático | friendly / nice (masculine) |
| simpática | friendly / nice (feminine) |
| oferecer | to offer |
| oferece | offers (3rd person singular, present of oferecer) |
| pagar | to pay |
| paga | pays (3rd person singular, present of pagar) |
| recusa | refuses (3rd person singular, present of recusar) |
| professor | teacher / professor (masculine) |
| conversar | to chat / to talk |
| meia hora | half an hour |
| também | also / too |
| dois | two (masculine) |
| não é preciso | there is no need / it is not necessary |
| à mesma | anyway / all the same |
| ficou | stayed / became (3rd person singular, past of ficar) |
| encontram-se | they meet each other (reflexive present) |
| por isso | therefore / so |
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