BicaUnit 12 · TravelA2Lesson 5 of 5: Lost & late
Lost and late in European Portuguese
This is the last of 5 lessons in Unit 12, Travel (Viagens), an A2 unit in which you fly, book a hotel room, hire a car and talk about your holidays. The new words are perguntar (to ask), o caminho (way), perdido (lost) and 5 more, practised in 10 example sentences. Building on Hiring a car, it gets you to sentences like Desculpe, eu estou perdido (“Excuse me, I'm lost”). The unit’s grammar notes cover “On Portuguese roads” and “Férias: always plural”.
Words in this lesson
| Portuguese | English |
|---|---|
perguntar | to askPerguntar o caminho = to ask the way. You ask a someone: perguntar a um senhor. |
o caminho | way |
perdidoalso perdida | lostA man says estou perdido, a woman says estou perdida. |
perder | to losePerdi o comboio. = I missed the train. |
a bagagem | luggage |
atrasadoalso atrasada | lateO voo está atrasado. = The flight is delayed. |
canceladoalso cancelada | cancelled |
ajudar | to helpThe pronoun goes after the infinitive: Pode ajudar-me? |
Example sentences
- Desculpe, eu estou perdido.Excuse me, I'm lost.
- Tu podes ajudar-me?Can you help me?The pronoun me goes after the infinitive: ajudar-me.
- Eu vou perguntar o caminho.I'm going to ask the way.
- Qual é o caminho para a estação?Which is the way to the station?
- Eu perdi o comboio!I missed the train!Perder = to lose, and also to miss a train or a flight.
- O voo está atrasado.The flight is delayed.
- O nosso voo foi cancelado.Our flight was cancelled.Foi cancelado = was cancelled.
- A minha bagagem não chegou.My luggage didn't arrive.
- Desculpe, eu cheguei atrasado.Sorry, I arrived late.Chegar → cheguei: a u is added before e.
- Nós perguntámos o caminho a um senhor.We asked a man for directions.You ask a someone: perguntar a um senhor.
Grammar notes
The grammar notes for this lesson are on the page for Unit 12: Travel: