Grammar Lesson 16: Placement of Indirect Pronouns, Greeting Friends
In this lesson, Michelle claims that most people give women one kiss on the cheek when greeting and when saying goodbye. Valdo thinks that it is more common to give two kisses, one on each cheek. And there are even places where a third kiss is given. How difficult can it get?
As to grammar, years ago Orlando was once caught saying, in Spanish, María quiere me ayudar. To his surprise he found out that Spanish speakers are not supposed to put the indirect pronoun ‘me’ between the verbs. So, for you who are learning Portuguese, you get to learn the opposite: in Portuguese the pronoun goes between the auxiliary and main verb. There is no problem in saying, Maria quer me ajudar.
PODCAST LINK: Grammar Lesson 16
Hi Guys
Another fantastic lesson once again. I suppose I’m the only person to have noticed, but you don’t have an english translation in your audio lesson :-)
You no the Portuguese/Spanish translation several times, but no Portuguese/English. Could you perhaps consider throwing that in in a future lesson?
Really enjoying the show.
Comment by Badcam — October 3, 2007 @ 5:18 pm
Eu gosto muito de as brazileiras, cuando eu fique no brazil vou pidir para elas muitos beijos.
Comment by Leonel — October 20, 2007 @ 5:10 pm
Eu venho de uma cidade muita mexicana…por isso eu estou acostumado a dar bejinhos a tudas as mulher, mas quando eu mudei para austin, as mulheres nao gostavam de isso. Eu tenho pergunta…que achariam os brasileiros se a gente fala de maneira espanhol (ele nos vai dar…)…usam esta forma em alguma regiao ou em uma situacao?
Comment by ryanc — October 25, 2007 @ 1:58 pm
Eu encanto a tradição latina de dar beijos pra saludar à gente. É uma das coisas que mais me da saudade pra o latinoamérica. Sempre dei só um beijo, mas minha profesora de Francês em Nicaragua me diz que em França dão dois beijos pra saludar e três se você conhece muito bem à pessoa. Outra coisa pra ligar o Português com o Francês, né?
Comment by Kellsey K — October 26, 2007 @ 12:06 am
Todavia estou comfundido com o uso dos pronomes. Nao estou seguro quando usar pronomes e cuando dizer algo com ‘pra mim’ o ‘pra ele.’
Comment by Chris Morley — October 26, 2007 @ 8:04 am