{"id":537,"date":"2009-04-30T07:00:15","date_gmt":"2009-04-30T11:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/?p=503"},"modified":"2009-04-30T07:00:15","modified_gmt":"2009-04-30T11:00:15","slug":"podcast-talking-about-the-movies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/podcast-talking-about-the-movies\/","title":{"rendered":"Podcast: Talking about the movies"},"content":{"rendered":"

Click here to listen to today’s podcast! Movie Podcast<\/a><\/p>\n

UPDATE: Here’s the temporary link <\/a>to the podcast. Sorry about the problem–we’re working on fixing it.<\/p>\n

Check out the BYKI list<\/a>!<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Today, we\u2019re going to talk about movies. \"\"<\/p>\n

Eu gosto muito de filme.
\nEstou acostumado a <\/span>ver filmes de a\u00e7\u00e3o ou de drama.
\nMas de vez em quando, experimento assistir algo diferente.
\nFui ao cinema ontem, e assisti um filme muito interessante.
\nVi um document\u00e1rio sobre o aquecimento global.
\nAntes do filme, vi v\u00e1rios trailers bons do mesmo tipo.
\nAgora queria ver mais filmes assim.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

In Portuguese, movie is filme<\/em>. <\/span>Here, the speaker says, \u201cI really like movies.\u201d Note that although the noun is used in the singular, it is used to describe the plural. Gostar de<\/em> means to like.<\/p>\n

This means \u201cI usually see action movies or drama.\u201d Estar acostumado a<\/em> means to be used to doing something, but it can also be translated as usually doing something (i.e. estou acostumado a acordar cedo<\/em> \u2013 I\u2019m used to getting up early). Note that a\u00e7\u00e3o<\/em> is action. Some other genres include comedia<\/em> (comedy), romance<\/em> (romance), and infantil<\/em> (for kids).<\/p>\n

\u201cBut once in awhile, I try watching something different.\u201d De vez em quando<\/em> means once in awhile, or sometimes, and assistir <\/em>means to watch, like a movie, TV show, or soccer game. Experimentar<\/em> means to try, when we\u2019re discussing doing something for the first time, or trying on clothes (for example: Experimentei a camisa, mas ficou grande \u2013<\/em>I tried on the shirt, but it was too big). We would use provar<\/em> for other cases, like tasting new food <\/span>(i.e. Provei a feijoada ontem e gostei<\/em> – I tried feijoada yesterday and liked it).<\/p>\n

Here, the speaker says, \u201cI went to the movies yesterday, and I watched a really interesting film.\u201d Cinema<\/em>, which is a masculine noun, means the movies. <\/span>Note that we say ao cinema <\/em>(to the movies), since we are using ir<\/em> (to go) and must include the article (o), which is combined with a<\/em> (to). Ontem<\/em> is yesterday.<\/p>\n

This means, \u201cI saw a documentary about global warming.\u201d Document\u00e1rio<\/em> is documentary, and aquecimento global<\/em> is global warming. Note that ver <\/em>in the first person, simple past tense is vi<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\u201cBefore the movie, I saw several good previews for similar movies.\u201d Like in English, we say trailer<\/em> for preview. Mesmo tipo<\/em> means the same type, or similar. Note that when we say before (antes<\/em>), we must add de<\/em>, which in this case becomes do<\/em>, since we have a masculine noun after it (filme<\/em>). If it were a feminine noun, it would become da<\/em> (like antes da apresenta\u00e7\u00e3o<\/em>).<\/p>\n

Finally, this means \u201cNow I want to see more movies like this.\u201d When you use querer<\/em> in the past imperfect tense (queria<\/em>), it expresses a desire to do something in the future, so it could be translated as \u201cI want\u201d or \u201cI\u2019d like.\u201d It\u2019s similar to the conditional of gostar<\/em> (gostaria <\/em>\u2013 I\u2019d like) Assim<\/em> means \u201clike this\u201d or \u201csimilar.\u201d<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Click here to listen to today’s podcast! Movie Podcast UPDATE: Here’s the temporary link to the podcast. Sorry about the problem–we’re working on fixing it. Check out the BYKI list! Today, we\u2019re going to talk about movies. Eu gosto muito de filme. Estou acostumado a ver filmes de a\u00e7\u00e3o ou de drama. Mas de vez…<\/p>\n

Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[1852,1855],"tags":[32,2160,2264,379371,379372],"class_list":["post-537","post","type-post","status-publish","hentry","category-movies","category-podcast","tag-byki","tag-genres","tag-likes","tag-movies","tag-podcast"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t