Olá, alunos
This is for you who take portuguese lessons on skype but, sometimes, still forget some of the main greetings or functional vocabulary used on skype chat or during a call with your teacher. Ha! I got you right? Te peguei, né? 🙂
Tudo bem. Sem problemas, vou lhes dar essa chance. As I’m concerned with you all queridos alunos in getting the best out of it, I’ve made a small list of the main nouns, idioms, discourse markers and sentences we use on our lessons. The more we learn about it, the more we get practical, functional and dynamic. After all, they aren’t so simple once they belong to our virtual and technological eLearning world. So here are some Portuguese examples regarding main content used by students and teachers in their written and spoken dialogues.
Teacher Discourse Markers
Cohesive links (bounds) used between parts of the text as in the interpersonal level, keeping the speaker / listener interaction and assisting in the planning of speech. We all use them a lot in our own languages, but on a second language acquisition, it requires more attention when studying them. Your teacher and brazilian friends use them when speaking with you. Veja:
Certo? né? – right?
Tá? – right, ok?
Tá, tá bem – ok
Viu? percebe? tá vendo? – See?
Então, daí, aí – so, then..
Sabe.. – you know..
Entendeu? – got it?
É isso aí! – There you go!
Bem, bom – well
Pois é, Isso mesmo, é mesmo = agreeing with what´s been said “indeed”, “yeah”
Pois é (more) – That´s it, told you, see, “well, yeah”
Tipo assim, como – like
Ó! (olha) = look!
Olha, olha só – look, here is the thing
Por isso, assim – so
Assim – like this / that / this way
ué? – what? just a minute!
Ah não – oh no
Hein? – hum!, hem, huh, ha, eh
Pô – damn
Aqui ó – here it is
Ai meu deus – oh my god
Pera aí – hold on
Quer dizer.. – I mean..
Cara, meu = dude, man, bro
Education Field Vocabulary
aulas = lessons
aluno/a = student
lição de casa / dever de casa / para casa = homework
exercício / atividade = exercise / activity
marcar uma aula = schedule a lesson
marcar um horário = schedule a time
remarcar = reschedule
adiar = postpone
cancelar = cancel
atrasar – to be late
Estou atrasado – I’m late
Vou me atrasar – I’m going to be late
começar a aula – start lesson
terminar a aula – finish lesson
corrigir a lição / o dever – correct homework
correção = correction
corrigido = corrected
certo / correto = right / correct
errado = wrong
enviar / mandar por e-mail = send th email
perguntas – questions
respostas – answers
perguntar – ask a question
responder – answer a question
No Skype – On Skype
No início da aula – In the beginning of lesson
Oi! Hi!
Pronto/a? = Ready?
Tá aí? Está aí? = Are you there?
Sim, estou aqui. = Yes, I’m here.
Tudo bem / bom? = How are you?
E aí? = What’s up?
Beleza? = All good?
Como vão as coisas? = How are things?
Um momento por favor = A moment please
Claro = sure
Sem problemas = no problem
Estou pronto/a! = I’m ready!
Podemos começar? = May we start?
Posso te ligar? = May I call you?
Vou ligar = I will call
Vamos lá! = Let´s do it!
Lesson begins then I decide to share screen so student can see my screen
Vou compartilhar minha tela – I´ll share my screen
Vou colocar / pôr você na minha tela, tá? – I´ll put you on my screen, ok?
Você vê a minha tela? – Do you see my screen?
Você está na minha tela? – Are you on my screen?
Ótimo! – Great!
Aumentar / ampliar – zoom in
Diminuir / reduzir – zoom out
Tamanho – Size
Agora, leia para mim por favor – Now, read to me please
repita / repete – repeat after me
Alguma dúvida? – Any doubts?
Alguma pergunta? – Any questions?
Bom / Ótimo trabalho! – Good / great job! work!
Então até a próxima aula – Then I see you next class
Qualquer dúvida pode me escrever – you can write me if you have any questions
