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Phrases - Should I answer a question with "sim"?

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In this episode, I want to talk a little about how to answer yes and no questions (closed questions).

Now you’re thinking, well, that doesn’t sound too complicated. Just answer sim or não. The truth is that we don’t answer with yes that often. This doesn’t mean we always answer with não, this means there’s a different structure you can use if you want to answer in the affirmative.

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Mini-story - ao + infinitive in the past

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In this mini-story you learn how to use ao (as) in Portuguese, with the same meaning of quando/enquanto (when, while). The text is in the past. First, I read the text slowly and then at normal speed.

In this story, a pilot arrived on a new planet and came face to face with an alien.

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Dialogue - the Christmas dinner

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This is a dialogue during the Christmas dinner. Two family members talk about the main course, the dessert, and the opening of the presents. One of them is displeased with the fact that certain traditions are disappearing. The only thing she would like to change is the present she receives every year. She's getting tired of receiving socks!

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Dialogue - at the butcher shop

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This is a dialogue at the butcher shop. A customer wants to buy different types of meat but is quite demanding regarding quality and freshness. She even asks the butcher to smell the chicken breasts! All of this because she is buying meat for someone who is very picky about food.

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Dialogue - at the pharmacy

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In this episode, you listen to a dialogue between Portuguese native speakers: a client and the pharmacist at a pharmacy. The client wants an antibiotic for his wife, but he doesn’t have a prescription. The pharmacist advises him to go to the hospital with her, but he gets strangely nervous about that idea.