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Survival Phrases S2 #26 Riding the subway in Portugal

CONTENTS

2 European Portuguese 2 English 2 Vocabulary 2 Sample Sentences 3 Grammar 4 Cultural Insight

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EUROPEAN PORTUGUESE

1. Um bilhete, por favor. 2. Com licen?a, qual ? a linha para S?o Sebasti?o? 3. A linha vermelha vai para S?o Sebasti?o.

ENGLISH

1. A ticket, please. 2. Excuse me, which line goes to S?o Sebasti?o? 3. The red line goes to S?o Sebasti?o.

VOCABULARY

Por tugue se linha bilhete

vermelha S?o Sebasti?o linha vermelha

metro

English line ticket red

Saint Sebastian red Line subway

SAMPLE SENTENCES

Class noun noun adjective name name noun

Gender feminine masculine feminine masculine feminine masculine

PORT UGUES

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Fique na linha. "Stay on the line." Tu tens uma caneta vermelha? "Do you have a red pen?"

Eu agarro a Linha Vermelha todos os dias. "I take the Red Line every day."

Eu comprei um bilhete at? Lagos. "I bought a ticket to Lagos."

Eu vou para S?o Sebasti?o fazer compras. "I'm going to Saint Sebastian to do shopping."

Eu gosto de andar de metro. "I like riding the subway."

GRAMMAR

In Portugal, the only two cities that have a subway are Lisbon and Porto . Riding the subway, metropolitano in Portuguese or metro for short, is one of the best ways to reach the most important parts of the cities. In this lesson, we will cover how to get on the subway. As we have learned in previous lessons, in Portugal you can buy tickets at kiosks and stations. This is true of the subway as well, but usually there are more conveniently located vending machines and ticket stands right at the entrance of a subway station. Just in case you get too confused and have to ask the station attendant, we have prepared this lesson for you!

Now let's get ourselves a subway ticket. You may remember from our previous lessons that the way to ask for a ticket is: Um bilhete por favor. This is the same sentence we learned in lesson 22.

Our location in this lesson is Lisbon. Imagine you're going from the airport to the S?o Sebasti?o Station, which is in downtown Lisbon, near several large commercial centers. You want to know what line will get you there.

You can find out by asking, "Excuse me, which line goes to S?o Sebasti?o?".

Com licen?a, qual ? a linha para S?o Sebasti?o?

First comes the usual Com licen?a.

PORT UGUES

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Next is qual translated as "which".

Then we have ? which means "is."

After that, we have a linha which means "the line".

Then comes para, which translates as "to".

After that comes S?o Sebasti?o, which means "the Saint Sebastian", and refers to a neighborhood in downtown Lisbon.

Here is a possible answer. "The red line goes to S?o Sebasti?o."

A linha vermelha vai para S?o Sebasti?o.

The first word is linha, which means "the line".

Next we have vermelha which is the name of the line, "red". Literally, linha vermelha means "red line."

CULTURAL INSIGHT

Quick tip 1

In the present here are 4 subway lines in Lisboa: Red line, Blue Line, Green Line, Yellow Line. When you are in Lisbon is good to have the map of the lines and stations. That way everything will look more simple to you. Subways usually operate until 11.30 pm.

Quick tip 2

One more important thing. In Lisbon, are a lot of people who usually don't live there. Just like you, they may know nothing about Lisbon but because they don't like to say "I am not from here" or "I don't know", they will give you wrong information. Don't worry too much about it. Ask 3 or 4 people and compare the answers, also make sure you have a travel guide with you.

PORT UGUES

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LESSON NOTES

Survival Phrases S2 #27 Riding the Train in Portugal

CONTENTS

2 European Portuguese 2 English 2 Vocabulary 2 Sample Sentences 3 Grammar 4 Cultural Insight

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EUROPEAN PORTUGUESE

1. Um bilhete para Lisboa, por favor. 2. Dois bilhetes para Lisboa, por favor. 3. Um bilhete de primeira classe, por favor. 4. Um bilhete de segunda classe, por favor.

ENGLISH

1. One ticket to Lisbon, please. 2. Two tickets to Lisbon, please. 3. A first class ticket please. 4. A second class ticket please.

VOCABULARY

Por tugue se bilhetes dois classe primeira segunda bilhete

English tickets two class

first second ticket

SAMPLE SENTENCES

PORT UGUES

Class noun numeral noun numeral numeral noun

Gender feminine masculine feminine feminine feminine masculine

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