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Shopping Fazer compras
Comprar e vender: shop, store, market, supermarket, money, buy, sell, customer, shop assistant. A gramática-chave é "want to" + um verbo — I want to buy this, I want to go to the shop. O inglês mantém a palavrinha "to" entre "want" e o verbo seguinte. O coreano cola o desejo direto ao verbo, por isso os coreanos costumam omitir o "to": "I want buy this" ✗ → "I want to buy this" ✓. Canto da pronúncia: o "sh" de shop, o ditongo de buy e o "to" fraco de "want to".
Dialogue
I want buy or I want to buy? — I want buy ou I want to buy?
- Emma Minsu, what do you want to buy? Minsu, o que queres comprar?
- Minsu I want buy this bag. Quero comprar esta mala. (deslize: falta "to" entre want e o verbo → "I want to buy")
- Emma Say "want to": I want to buy this bag. Diz "want to": I want to buy this bag.
- Minsu Oh, I want to buy this bag. It's nice. Ah, quero comprar esta mala. É bonita.
Dialogue
At the market — No mercado
- Minsu Hello. I want to buy some fruit. Olá. Quero comprar alguma fruta.
- Assistant Yes, we sell fruit here. This market is open every day. Sim, aqui vendemos fruta. Este mercado abre todos os dias.
- Minsu Good. I want to buy some apples and some bread. Bem. Quero comprar algumas maçãs e pão.
- Assistant Here you are. Thank you! Aqui está. Obrigada!
Vocabulary
| 汉字 | Pinyin | POS | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| shop | n. | loja | |
| store | n. | loja (EUA) | |
| market | n. | mercado | |
| supermarket | n. | supermercado | |
| money | n. | dinheiro | |
| buy | v. | comprar | |
| sell | v. | vender | |
| customer | n. | cliente | |
| shop assistant | n. | empregado de loja | |
| open | adj. | aberto |
Grammar
Saying what you want: "want to" + verb Dizer o que queres: "want to" + verbo
To say what you want to do, use "want" + "to" + a verb: I want to buy this, I want to go to the shop, She wants to sell her car. The small word "to" always sits between "want" and the next verb — never leave it out. (For he / she / it, "want" takes -s: she wants to buy.) Korean joins the wish straight to the verb, so Korean speakers often say "I want buy" — in English you must keep the "to": I want to buy.
Para dizer o que queres fazer, usa "want" + "to" + verbo: I want to buy this, I want to go to the shop, She wants to sell her car. A palavrinha "to" fica sempre entre "want" e o verbo seguinte — nunca a omitas. (Com he / she / it, "want" leva -s: she wants to buy.) O coreano junta o desejo direto ao verbo, por isso os coreanos costumam dizer "I want buy" — em inglês é preciso manter o "to": I want to buy.
- I want to buy this bag. Quero comprar esta mala.
- Do you want to buy some fruit? Queres comprar alguma fruta?
- I want to go to the shop. Quero ir à loja.
- She wants to sell her phone. Ela quer vender o telemóvel dela.
pronunciation
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