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Verb To Have in Portuguese โ Verbo Ter (Present) | Lesson 9
- Monday March 25th, 2019
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ToggleVerb TER in the Present Indicative
We use the verb to have (TER) as follows:
EUย TENHO
VOCร/ELE/ELAย TEM
NรSย TEMOS
VOCรS/ELES/ELASย TรM
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ATTENTION!
A genteย TEMย = Nรณsย TEMOS
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Use of verb TERย
We usually use the verb TER (to have) to express: possession, physical traits, personality traits, age and existence.
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Examples:
Euย tenhoย uma casa grande. (I have a big house.)
Eleย temย cabelo ruivo. (He has red hair.)
Nรณsย temosย muita paciรชncia. (He have lots of patience.)
Elasย tรชmย 21 anos. (They are 21 years old)
Temย uma padaria do lado da escola. (There is a bakery right beside the school.)
A professora Sรดniaย temย cabelos castanhos.
(Teacher Sรดnias has brown hair.)
Lauraย temย 33 anos eย temย 3 filhos. O maiorย temย 18 anos, o do meioย temย 10 anos e o caรงulaย temย 1 ano. Ela e o marido amam os filhos, mas eles aindaย tรชmย muitas dรบvidas sobre a educaรงรฃo das crianรงas. Lauraย temย uma babรก que ajuda com os filhos pequenos.ย Alexander, seu marido,ย temย um รณtimo trabalho no Brasil.ย Os dois moram no Leblon,ย tรชmย carros e uma casa de praia.
(Laura is 33 years old and has 3 children. The older one is 18, the middle one is 10 and the younger one is 1 year old. She and her husband love their kids, but they still have lots of questions about raising kids. Laura has a nanny that helps with the younger children. Her husband Alexander has a great job in Brazil. The two of them live in Leblon. They own cars and a beach house.)
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New vocabulary
Caรงulaย โ a coupleโs younger children.
Babรกย โ a person that works taking care of children (usually when the parentโs go to work.)
Prateleiraย โ a space/horizontal wooden board where products are organized inside the store.
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Homework
Complete with the verb to have (TER):
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NA PADARIA: (At the bakery:)
Marcus: Bom dia! ____ pรฃo de provolone? (Marcus: Good morning! ____ provolone bread?)
Atendente: ____! Estรฃo frescos. Saรญram agora! (Clerk: ____! They are fresh, they are just out of the oven.)
Marcus: Vou querer seis, por favor. (Marcus: I want six of them, please.)
Atendente: O senhor quer mais alguma coisa? (Clerk: Do you want anything else?)
Marcus: Sim, por favor. ____ presunto? (Marcus: Yes, please. ____ ham?)
Atendente: Sim, claro. ____ duas marcas de presunto. ย Sadia e Seara. Sรณ nรฃo ____ da Perdigรฃo. Estรก em falta. (Clerk: ____ two brands of ham. Sadia and Seara. We donโt ____ Perdigรฃo. We are missing it.)
Marcus: Qual a senhora recomenda? (Marcus: Which one do you recommend?)
Atendente: Os dois sรฃo bons. Posso partir bem fininho para o senhor. (Clerk: They are both good. I can slice them really thin for you.)
Marcus: Ok. Tรก bom. Vou levar 200 (duzentos) gramas do da Sadia. Eu nรฃo ____ conhecimento de marca, mas esse parece bom. (Marcus: Okay. Thatโs good. I will have 200 grams of the Sadia one. I donโt ____ knowledge of this brand, but this looks good.)
Atendente: Certo. Vou cortar para o senhor. (Clerk: Good. I will have it sliced for you.)
Marcus: E leite desnatado, ____? (Marcus: What about milk, ____?)
Atendente: Bom, o senhor pode ver lรก nas prateleiras, por favor. (Clerk: Well, can you check in the shelves, please?)
Marcus: Muito obrigado! (Marcus: Thank you.)
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PAGANDOโฆ (Paying for itโฆ)
Caixa: Bom dia! Dรก 30 reais, senhor. (Cashier: Good morning! Itโs 30 reais, sir.)
Marcus: Aqui estรก. A senhora ________ troco para 50 reais? Infelizmente, nรฃo ____________ menor. (Markus: Here it is. Do you _____ change? Unfortunately, I donโt _____ a smaller bill.)
Caixa: Sim, eu ______________. Sem problema. (Cashier: Yes, I ____. No problem.)
Marcus: Obrigado! (Marcus: Thank you.)
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Answers
Tem
Tem
Tem
Temos
Tem/Temos/Tenho (one of these options)
Tenho
Tem
Tem
Tenho
Tenho