Lesson 4 – Portuguese With Carla Podcast

ByCarla

The 4th lesson in our free Portuguese audio course is here. We continue following our imaginary friends on their Portuguese holiday. This week they venture into a hotel. What common Portuguese expressions will they hear and use? I also introduce you to cardinal numbers.

Also in this lesson:  Research shows that humans store vocabulary in the brain more in the form of a complex web of interdependencies than in the commonly accepted “storage box” fashion.

Enjoy

By Carla Sabala

Portuguese Transcript

C- Boa noite. Bem vindos ao Hotel Sabala.
M- Boa noite. Temos uma reserva.
C- Qual é o nome?
M- Peter and Claire Smith
C- E os seus documentos?
M- Desculpe, não compreendo. Pode repetir?
C- Os seus documentos? Os vossos passaportes?
M- Ah, aqui tem.
C- Obrigada. Só um momento…aqui está. Ora, aqui tem a chave. O quarto é o número 16 e fica no segundo andar. O pequeno-almoço é das 7.30 às 10.
M- Ok, obrigado. Já agora onde fica o refeitório?
C- Fica mesmo lá em cima, no terraço. Para ligar à receção, basta ligar para o número 10.
M- E têm ginásio?
C- Sim, sim. Na cave temos um ginásio, sauna e uma pequena piscina.
M- Muito obrigado.
C- Não tem de quê. Uma boa noite.

C- De nada.

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Enjoy

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14 Comments

    1. Olá!

      Será que quis dizer: “português a mais nestes podcasts”? 😉

      Entendemos como se sente, mas acredite que as coisas melhoram nesse sentido – continue a escutá-los e vai ver que vai aprender mais do que imaginava 🙂

      Carla

      Reply

    2. Hi there,

      these are design for complete beginners. Later podcasts are perhaps a better fit for you.

      Best Regards
      Marlon

      Reply

  4. Thanks very much for these podcasts, they are really helpful for hearing and learning the rhythm and pronunciation of Portuguese.

    Reply

  5. Hi Carla and Marlon, could I ask you to write the numbers into your pod casts please, with numbers in brackets perhaps. I’m really enjoying your podcasts, thank you.

    Reply

    1. Hi Briege, sorry for the really late reply. We’ve been crazy busy building our new online program. Anyway…

      Glad you’re enjoying them 🙂
      I see what you mean. Sure, that makes sense. I’ll add that to my to do list. I can’t promise when it will be done, but… it will.

      Thanks

      Hope that helps
      Marlon

      Reply

  7. Thanks so much for your brilliant podcasts, I’m really enjoying the way you teach. It’s really helping with my pronunciation 🙂

    Reply

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