Posso Ajudar?
João entra numa loja e aprende como pedir ajuda e dar permissão em português.
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João entra numa loja de roupa no Chiado. A empregada sorri. "Posso ajudar?" João responde: "Sim, pode. Posso ver aquela camisa azul?" A empregada tira a camisa. "Pode experimentar no provador." João pergunta: "Posso pagar com cartão?"
João enters a clothes shop in Chiado. The shop assistant smiles. "Can I help?" João replies: "Yes, you can. Can I see that blue shirt?" The assistant takes out the shirt. "You can try it on in the fitting room." João asks: "Can I pay by card?"
"Pode, sim. Aceitamos todos os cartões." João experimenta a camisa. Fica bem. "Posso levar também a camisa branca?" "Pode, claro. Pode levar as duas." João compra as duas camisas. "Podem envolver para oferta?" "Podemos, com certeza."
"Yes, you can. We accept all cards." João tries on the shirt. It fits well. "Can I also take the white shirt?" "Of course you can. You can take both." João buys both shirts. "Can you wrap them as a gift?" "We can, certainly."
Vocabulary Glossary
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| loja | shop / store |
| roupa | clothes / clothing |
| Chiado | Chiado (upmarket shopping district in Lisbon) |
| empregada | shop assistant (female) / employee |
| camisa | shirt |
| provador | fitting room / changing room |
| cartão | card (credit/debit) |
| cartões | cards (plural) |
| oferta | gift / present |
| camisas | shirts (plural) |
| certeza | certainty / sure |
| azul | blue |
| branca | white (feminine) |
| todos | all / every (masculine plural) |
| duas | two (feminine) |
| aquela | that (feminine, distant) |
| poder | to be able to / can |
| ajudar | to help |
| ver | to see / to look at |
| experimentar | to try on / to try out |
| pagar | to pay |
| aceitar | to accept |
| levar | to take / to take away |
| comprar | to buy |
| envolver | to wrap |
| entrar | to enter / to go in |
| sorrir | to smile |
| responder | to reply / to answer |
| tirar | to take out / to remove |
| perguntar | to ask |
| ficar | to fit / to stay / to be located |
| posso | I can / may I (poder, 1st sg) |
| pode | you can / he/she can (poder, 3rd sg) |
| podemos | we can (poder, 1st pl) |
| podem | you/they can (poder, 3rd pl) |
| entra | he/she enters (entrar, 3rd sg) |
| sorri | he/she smiles (sorrir, 3rd sg) |
| responde | he/she replies (responder, 3rd sg) |
| tira | he/she takes out (tirar, 3rd sg) |
| pergunta | he/she asks (perguntar, 3rd sg) |
| aceitamos | we accept (aceitar, 1st pl) |
| experimenta | he/she tries on (experimentar, 3rd sg) |
| fica | it fits / it is located (ficar, 3rd sg) |
| compra | he/she buys (comprar, 3rd sg) |
| sim | yes |
| também | also / too |
| bem | well / fine |
| claro | of course / clear |
| com certeza | certainly / of course |
| com | with |
| para | for / to |
| no | in the (em + o) |
| na | in the (em + a) |
| de | of / from |
| a | the (feminine singular) |
| o | the (masculine singular) |
| as | the (feminine plural) |
| os | the (masculine plural) |
| numa | in a (em + uma) |
| em | in / at |
| uma | a / one (feminine) |
| eu | I |
| ele | he |
| nós | we |
| João | João (Portuguese male name; John) |
| tamanho | size |
| preço | price |
| caro | expensive |
| barato | cheap / inexpensive |
| desconto | discount |
| troco | change (money) |
| recibo | receipt |
| caixa | till / checkout / cashier |
| saco | bag |
| embrulho | wrapping / parcel |
| presente | gift / present |
| cor | colour |
| modelo | model / style / design |
| algodão | cotton |
| manga | sleeve |
| botão | button |
| vitrine | shop window / display |
| montra | shop window (pt-PT) |
| prateleira | shelf |
| cabide | hanger / coat rack |
| número | number / size (shoes) |
| espelho | mirror |
| pagamento | payment |
| dinheiro | money / cash |
| multibanco | ATM / debit card machine (pt-PT) |
| cliente | customer / client |
| atendimento | service / assistance |
| colega | colleague |
| vestuário | clothing / apparel |
| moda | fashion / style |
| escolher | to choose / to pick |
| trocar | to exchange / to swap |
| devolver | to return (an item) |
| mostrar | to show |
| recomendar | to recommend |
| preferir | to prefer |
| combinar | to match / to go well with |
| vestir | to dress / to put on |
| caber | to fit (in size) |
| por favor | please |
| obrigado | thank you (masculine speaker) |
| obrigada | thank you (feminine speaker) |
| desculpe | excuse me / sorry (formal) |
| qual | which / what |
| quanto | how much |
| onde | where |
| que | that / what / which |
| se | if / whether |
| já | already / right away |
| ainda | still / yet |
| aqui | here |
| ali | there (over there) |
| muito | very / a lot |
| mais | more / plus |
| não | no / not |
| e | and |
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