A1 · Episode 2 · Part 2
Verb “To Be” Lunch Line
The lesson continues with estar: where people are, how the day is going, and what is happening now.
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Daniel
Verbo estar: eu estou, tu estás, ele está, nós estamos, eles estão.
Verb estar: I am, you are, he is, we are, they are.
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Daniel
Conseguem usar numa frase?
Can you use it in a sentence?
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Tiago
Sim! Nós estamos na sala de aula.
Yes! We are in the classroom.
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Lukas
Hoje está um dia muito bonito.
Today is a very beautiful day.
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Tiago
A nossa aula está quase a terminar.
Our class is almost over.
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Lukas
Estamos a aprender muitas coisas novas.
We are learning many new things.
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Tiago
O meu pai está lá fora, no carro, à nossa espera.
My dad is outside in the car, waiting for us.
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João
Como correu o vosso primeiro dia de escola?
How was your first day of school?
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Tiago
Estivemos a aprender verbos.
We were learning verbs.
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João
Muito bem! Para celebrar o vosso primeiro dia, hoje temos uma surpresa!
Very good! To celebrate your first day, today we have a surprise!
Useful expressions
What to remember.
- Nós estamos na sala de aula.
- Use estar for location: “we are in the classroom”.
- Hoje está um dia bonito.
- Está describes how something is at the moment.
- Estamos a aprender...
- Estar a + infinitive means something is happening now.
- Está lá fora.
- Lá fora means “outside”.
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Nós estamos na sala de aula.
We are in the classroom.
Hoje está um dia muito bonito.
Today is a very beautiful day.
A nossa aula está quase a terminar.
Our class is almost over.
Estamos a aprender muitas coisas novas.
We are learning many new things.
Está lá fora.
He is outside.
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