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- Débora: Então, como é que vais passar o teu aniversário? Débora: So, how are you going to spend your birthday?
- Afonso: Vou passá-lo com a minha família e com os meus amigos. Afonso: I'm going to spend it with my family and with my friends.
- Débora: Que bom! Tiraste o dia? Débora: How nice! Did you take the day [off]?
- Afonso: Sim, pedi folga. É a primeira vez em anos… Afonso: Yes, I asked for the day off. It's the first time in years…
- Débora: Acho que fizeste muito bem. É um dia especial, deves passá-lo com os teus. Vão almoçar na casa da tua mãe? Débora: I think you did very well. It's a special day, you should spend it with your loved ones. Are you having lunch at your mother's?
- Afonso: Não, almoçamos na minha casa. Afonso: No, we're having lunch at my house.
- Mas eu pedi-lhe para ela fazer o assado dela e a minha irmã vai fazer a sua especialidade – o bolo de aniversário. But I asked her to make her roast and my sister will make her specialty – the birthday cake.
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Vocabulary
almoçarto have lunch o aniversárioanniversary, birthday os arredoresSurroundings, outskirts arroz doceRice pudding o bolocake brincarto play colegacolleague a convidadaguest fem. a dúvidadoubt, question EspecialidadeSpecialty FolgaDay off, break, pause passarto pass, spendtime, give o planoplan Receber-seWelcome, receive SolteiroSingle 
Expressions
Nem pensar!No way! Tenho a certezaI'm sure Que exagero!What an exaggeration! Agora que falas nissoNow that yousing.,inf. mention it Não te importas?You don't mind? sing.,inf. Pedir folgaTo ask for the day off Que bomThat's good, How nice GulosoSomeone with a sweet tooth Premium Feature: Smart Review
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Me gusts el dialogo
I think this will help me
por falar em= speaking of, say of, talk about
At 006 sec, he says “Vou passá-lo…..” I would have thought it should be ‘passar-lo’? Is this simply a contraction for pronounciation or have I missed something?
Olá, Leonard. It’s not a pronunciation quirk, it’s really a rule 🙂
When we have the object pronoun “o” after a verb form that ends in a consonant, there’s a grammatical rule that says that the preceding consonant must be dropped and the o” must change to “lo”. So, we go from “passar-o” to “passa-lo”. Finally, to keep the stress on the last syllable, we have to add the accent as well: “passá-lo” (otherwise, without accent, we’d naturally stress the first syllable instead).
Here’s a Learning Note on this: Clitic Pronouns: 3rd Person
In this part:
“Nem pensar! Tenho todo o gosto que vás.”
(No way! I’m glad you’re coming.)
Is it “vás” instead of “venhas”?
Both “vás” and “venhas” could potentially be used, as they are both present subjunctive forms of the verbs “ir” (to go) and “vir” (to come), respectively. The choice between “vás” and “venhas” in this context makes no difference.
– “Tenho todo o gosto que vás.” implies that Afonso is pleased about Débora’s decision to go to his birthday party.
– “Tenho todo o gosto que venhas.” would imply Afonso is glad that Débora is coming, suggesting a movement towards the event location.
I’d say that in this context “vás” is the more common way of phrasing it in European Portuguese, even though “venhas” is also correct and common, specially if the person saying it is at the location where the event is being held – which wasn’t the case here.
However, in English, “I’m glad you’re coming” is the most common way of phrasing it, regardless where the speaker is, since Afonso is talking about his birthday plans.
🙂