I Want a Divorce
A guy wants a divorce.
He tells the judge, “I just can’t take it anymore. Every night she’s out until way after midnight, just going from bar to bar.”
Judge asks, “what’s she doing?”
The guy answers, “está à procura de mim.she’s looking for me.”
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The Plus version of this story
Um homem quer divorciar-se*.Ele diz ao juiz: “Já não aguento mais*. Todas as noites ela está fora* até* bem depois* da meia-noite, a andar de bar em bar.”O juiz pergunta-lhe: “E o que é que ela está a* fazer*?”O homem responde: “Está à procura* de mim.”A guy wants a divorce. He tells the judge, “I just can’t take it anymore. Every night she’s out until way after midnight, just going from bar to bar.”Judge asks, “what’s she doing?”The guy answers: “She’s looking for me.”
🔎 Words in this story
✴️ Quer divorciar-se (wants a divorce)
“Quer” means “want,” and “divorciar-se” is a reflexive verb, meaning “to divorce.”
- Nós divorciámo-nos. (We got divorced.)
- Eu divorciei-me. (I got divorced.)
✴️ Já não aguento mais (I just can’t take it anymore)
“Já” in this sentence is equivalent to “just” and is used to convey the idea that a limit has been reached.
There is a Plus version of this story
The same story, taken further, for DailyNata Plus members. This one works on ser vs estar.
- The whole story in Portuguese, and its English
- The words in it, explained, with examples
- 2 interactive exercises
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