More Portuguese words - mais is more - occupations and shops

English - Portuguese

(the) journalist - (o) jornalista
a photographer - um fotógrafo

more - mais

artist - artista
baker - padeiro
the bill - a contra
breakfast
buy - comprar
butcher - açougueiro
cheap - barato
coffee shop - cafeteria
chemist / drugstore - farmácia
concert - show

Portuguese - English
the journalist - o jornalista

a photographer - um fotógrafo

mais - more

artista - artist
padeiro - padeiro
a conta - the bill
café da manhã - breakfast
comprar - to buy
açougueiro - butcher
barato - cheap
cafeteria - coffee shop
farmácia - chemist / drug store
show - concert

English - Portuguese
dinner - jantar
free - livre
greengrocer - verdureiro
hotel - hotel
how much
I have lost
I need
I want to buy
I want to order
leaflet / brochure

Portuguese - English
jantar - dinner livre - free verdureiro - greengrocer (green as in Verdi) hotel - hotel quantos - how much eu perdi - I have lost (like perdition) eu preciso - I need (I'm a very precise person and I need this) eu quero comprar - I want to buy Quero encomendar - I want to order ( a bit like the words commend and command) folheto / brochura - leaflet / brochure (forget folheto and stick to the easier word brochura

English - Portuguese
lunch - almoço
luxury / deluxe - luxo /luxo
May I take this? posso levar isso?
May I keep this? Posso manter isso?
May I photograph this?
market - mercado
the menu - o cardapio (notice card - a - pio a menu is a card which makes me happy)
painter - pintor
pianist- pianist
price - preço

Portuguese - English
almoço - lunch luxo / luxo - luxury / deluxe Posso levar isso? - May I take this? (Is it possible to lift this and go off with it) Posso manter isso? - May I keep this (manhandle it and keep it on my mantelpiece)? posso fotografar isso? - May I'is it possible to photograph this? mercado - market o cardápio pintor - painter pianista - pianist preço - price (this item must be very precious if you press me to pay that price - oh, you're joking!)

The Portuguese don't seem to distinguish between the polite request for permission, may I, and the more modern, can I.

English - Portuguese
the price list - a lista de preços
guide - guia
guided tour - visita guida
guitarist - guitarist
restaurant - restaurante
supermarket - supermarcado
the waiter - o garçom

ticket - bilhete

reservation - reserva

Where is ... ? - Onde é ... ?

Tell me the word for this - diga-me a palavrar para isso

palavras - words

Useful Websites
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english-portuguese/headlamp

Portuguese - English

a lista de preços - price list
guia - guide
visita guiada - guided tour
guitarrista - guitarist
restaurante - restaurant
supermercado - supermarket
o garçom - waiter
bilhete - ticket
reserva - reservation
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French words of the weekend - 'le weekend' in Franglais

France has borrowed words from English and during 'le weekend' let us reciprocate by observing which French words we use every day, or at least in the weekend newspapers. Before lunchtime on Saturday, catching up on yesterday's newspapers, I have noticed or been reminded of several French words.

To test whether they are French, when reading a newspaper or book, look for the signs which help you to pronounce the letters.

(Sorry, in my posts I don't always have the accents, nor cedillas (little s signs under the letter C which tell you to pronounce is as S.) When I wrote my earlier posts I didn't know how to add accents.

Now I know, sometimes I'm sorry. I tend to leave accents off in my draft, hoping to come back later, because it's such hard work and so time wasting trying to hold down the a or e QWERTY keyboard key. You need to hold it down long enough to bring up the alternative Es, half a dozen of them, by the time you have chosen the right accent, you get triple letters. Then I try to delete two, which then deletes all the vowels. So I have to start again.

Now I am looking in an etymological dictionary, COLLINS, which is big and heavy.

Often I test by trying to use the word in a French sentence. If you speak French fluently as I do, or even just a little, try using the word in a French sentence. For example, "C'est bizarre!" That sounds right in French. (No cedilla under that C - I wonder why. Ah - because the e after the c softens it from K to S? )

cul-de-sac - We could translate this as Close in a English street name, but we use the French term to describe it. Sac is sack or bag as in rucksack, haversack - but that leads us on another linguistic trail.

bizarre - oui, tres bizarre

cafetiere - plunger coffee maker

Colleague - co-worker

league -

regime - rule or ruling group

foie gras - gras, literally grease, swollen liver from well-fed, or over-fed duck, creating expensive, luxurious liver paste or pate (pronounced patay)

culture -

royale - royal, as in kir royale, sparkling pink drink. A Kir is made from cassis (sweet black currant juice) mixed with dry white wine, whilst Kir Royale is the upmarket and pricier version made with a bubbly wine. Named after Canon Kir of the region. I visited the Kir factory in the Lyons area driving from the Chamonix ski area in the south of France back to London, England.

dialogue

Au revoir! - Bye-bye! Literally  to (until next time)  see (you) again.

TIPS for TRAVELLERS
1 Carry a notebook to write down new foreign words. Rule each page into two columns.
2 Use Google translate - and put their icon on your computer's, laptop's, ipad's dock for speed
3 Invest in an etymological dictionary and keep it on your desk to check foreign words
4 Press the vowel key on your computer/laptop keyboard to add accents to French words

Angela Lansbury is a travel writer, photographer, author and speaker