Basic shapes: Discussing the shape of elements in a chart
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Key Phrases
Desculpa, tens um minuto?
Sorry, do you have a minute?
Neste gráfico, o círculo grande é o quê?
In this chart, what is the big circle?
Posso pôr um retângulo para o Algarve?
Can I add a rectangle for the Algarve?
Skills You'll Learn
Politely asking if someone has time to talk
Perguntar educadamente se alguém tem tempo para falar
Describing and identifying shapes and elements in a chart
Descrever e identificar formas e elementos num gráfico
Making requests and suggestions using 'can I' and 'please'
Fazer pedidos e sugestões usando 'posso' e 'por favor'
Lesson Roleplay
Imagine you're at work in an office in Portugal. You want to ask a colleague to explain the shapes in a sales chart.
Olá! Desculpa, tens um minuto?
Hi! Sorry, do you have a minute?
Olá, Emily ! Claro, diz.
Hi, Emily! Sure, go ahead.
Neste gráfico, o círculo grande é o quê?
In this chart, what is the big circle?
O círculo é o total de vendas.
The circle is the total sales.
E os quadrados pequenos?
And the small squares?
Lesson Vocabulary & Phrases
Desculpa
desh-KOOL-pah
Excuse me
🇵🇹 Desculpa is the informal form for a colleague you're on first-name terms with. To someone you don't know, say Desculpe.
See breakdown →Tens um minuto?
TENSH oom mee-noo-too
Do you have a minute?
💬 Tens is the informal "you have", used with people you'd call tu. The polite version drops the s: Tem um minuto?
See breakdown →Desculpa, tens um minuto?
desh-KOOL-pah TENSH oom mee-noo-too
Sorry, do you have a minute?
Claro, diz.
KLAH-roo DEESH
Sure, go ahead.
💬 Diz literally means "say" or "tell", here inviting the other person to speak. With someone you'd address formally, it becomes Diga.
See breakdown →Neste gráfico
NESH-teh GRAH-fee-koo
In this chart
💬 Neste is em "in" + este "this" merged into one word. The same happens with feminine words: nesta página "on this page".
See breakdown →O círculo
oo SEER-koo-loo
The circle
O círculo grande
oo SEER-koo-loo GRAHN-duh
The big circle
💬 Size words usually come after the noun: círculo grande, quadrado pequeno "small square".
See breakdown →É o quê?
eh oo KAY
What is it?
💬 Putting o quê? at the end is a very common spoken way to ask "what?" in Portugal. Isto é o quê? "What's this?" works the same way.
See breakdown →Neste gráfico, o círculo grande é o quê?
NESH-teh GRAH-fee-koo oo SEER-koo-loo GRAHN-duh eh oo KAY
In this chart, what is the big circle?
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