Rui Abriu o seu Café
A abertura do café do Rui em Mouraria, contada no passado. Repara como "abre" (presente) se torna "abria" ou "abriu".
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Rui tinha trinta e dois anos quando abriu o seu primeiro café em Mouraria. Durante meses preparou o espaço — limpou, pintou e arrumou. Os vizinhos perguntavam todos os dias quando abria. "Abro na sexta-feira", dizia ele sempre.
Rui was thirty-two years old when he opened his first café in Mouraria. For months he prepared the space — he cleaned, painted and tidied. The neighbours asked every day when he was opening. "I'm opening on Friday," he always said.
Na quinta-feira à noite, o irmão ajudou-o com os últimos preparativos. "Quem abre a porta amanhã?" "Abro eu", disse Rui. "Quero ser eu a abrir." Às onze da noite, tudo estava pronto. As janelas abriam para a rua e a luz entrava bem. "Está bonito", disse ele.
On Thursday night, his brother helped him with the final preparations. "Who's opening the door tomorrow?" "I'm opening it," said Rui. "I want to be the one to open it." At eleven at night, everything was ready. The windows opened onto the street and the light came in well. "It looks lovely," he said.
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Vocabulary Glossary
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| abriu | opened (preterite of abrir) |
| abria | used to open / opened onto (imperfect) |
| abriste | you opened (preterite of abrir) |
| abri | I opened (preterite of abrir) |
| abrimos | we opened (preterite of abrir) |
| abriram | they opened (preterite of abrir) |
| abrias | you used to open (imperfect) |
| abríamos | we used to open (imperfect) |
| abriam | they used to open (imperfect) |
| preparativos | preparations |
| por falta de clientes | for lack of customers |
| café | café / coffee (the drink) |
| Mouraria | Mouraria (historic Lisbon neighbourhood) |
| espaço | space / premises |
| limpou | cleaned (preterite of limpar) |
| pintou | painted (preterite of pintar) |
| arrumou | tidied up (preterite of arrumar) |
| vizinhos | neighbours |
| perguntavam | used to ask / were asking (imperfect) |
| irmão | brother |
| ajudou | helped (preterite of ajudar) |
| últimos | last / final (masculine plural) |
| pronto | ready / done |
| janelas | windows |
| luz | light |
| bonito | beautiful / lovely |
| sexta-feira | Friday |
| cedo | early |
| máquina de café | coffee machine / espresso machine |
| ligou | switched on / turned on (preterite of ligar) |
| cliente | customer / client |
| vizinha | neighbour (feminine) |
| sorriso | smile |
| fechou | closed (preterite of fechar) |
| naquele dia | that day / on that day |
| finalmente | finally / at last |
| em breve | soon / coming soon |
| abertura | opening / inauguration |
| trinta e dois | thirty-two |
| primeiro | first |
| durante meses | for months |
| quinta-feira | Thursday |
| nunca mais | never again |
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