Business

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Description

• Business (os negócios)
• Helpful verbs
• Grammar Point: Noun agreement

Business (os negócios)

English	Images	Portuguese	IPA	Write (r = response; f = first letter)
to work		trabalhar	/tɾɐ.bɐ.ˈʎaɾ/	?
a job		un emprego	/ũ ẽ.ˈpɾe.gu/	?
the boss		o chefe	/u ˈʃe.fɨ/	?
the employee		el empregado	/u ẽ.pɾɨ.ˈga.du/	?
the staff		o pessoal	/u pɨ.su.ˈaɫ/	?
the money		o dinheiro	/u di.ˈɲɐj.ɾu/	?
to earn or make (money)		ganhar	/gɐ.ˈɲaɾ/	?
my schedule		o meu horário	/u ˈmew o.ˈɾa.ɾi.u/	?
on time		na hora certa	/nɐ ˈo.ɾɐ ˈseɾ.tɐ/	?
a cheque		um cheque	/ˈũˈʃe.kɨ/	?
a business		um negócio	/ũ.nɨ.ˈgɔ.si.u/	?
an office		um escritório	/ũ.ʃ.kɾi.ˈtɔ.ɾi.u/	?
a meeting		um encontro	/ũ.ẽ.ˈkõ.tɾu/	?
full time		a tempo inteiro	/ɐ ˈtẽ.pu ĩ.ˈtɐj.ɾu/	?
part time		a tempo parcial	/ɐ ˈtẽ.pu paɾ.si.ˈaɫ/	?
a branch (of an office)		um ramo	/ũ ˈʁɐ.mu/	?
to hire		contratar	/kõ.tɾɐ.ˈtaɾ/	?
to fire		despedir	/dɨʃ.pɨ.ˈdiɾ/	?
a vacation		uma vocação	/ˈu.mɐ vu.kɐ.ˈsɐ̃w/	?

Helpful verbs

aceitar ("to accept"), chegar ("to arrive"), ganhar ("to earn"), e.g.:

aceitar

Aceito a tua proposta = "I accept your offer"

chegar

É preciso chegar à hora marcada = "You need to arrive on time"

ganhar

A minha mãe ganha $ 30 por hora = "My mother makes $30 an hour"

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Grammar Point: Noun agreement

All Portuguese nouns are classified as either masculine or feminine. Make sure the determiner (e.g.: o, a, um, uma) matches the noun for gender, e.g.: since the word for "thing" (coisa) is feminine, you need to write uma coisa ("a thing"), not um coisa (note that the noun's ending isn't always a good indication of gender, e.g.: un problema).

There is also agreement in terms of singular and plural, e.g.: as coisas = "the things". You can learn more about noun agreement here.

Exercises

Give the English equivalent:

Give the Portuguese equivalent:

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1. I want to find a full-time job.

/ˈke.ɾu ẽ.kõ.ˈtɾaɾ ˈũ ẽ.ˈpɾe.gu ɐ ˈtẽ.pu ĩ.ˈtɐj.ɾu/

2. We have a meeting tomorrow.

/ˈte.muz ẽ.ˈkõ.tɾu ɐ.mɐ.ˈɲɐ̃/

3. My boss doesn't like to work on weekends.

/u ˈmew ˈʃe.fɨ ˈnɐ̃w ˈgoʃ.tɐ dɨ tɾɐ.bɐ.ˈʎaɾ ˈa.uʃ ˈfĩʒ dɨ sɨ.ˈmɐ.nɐ/

4. I have a very busy afternoon.

/Tenho uma tarde muito ocupada/

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