PLAY PODCASTS
Beginning 60:  How To Tie A Tie

Beginning 60: How To Tie A Tie

Língua da Gente - Portuguese Podcast: Dialogs · Center for Open Educational Resources and Language Learning

June 20, 20170

Audio is streamed directly from the publisher (media.la.utexas.edu) as published in their RSS feed. Play Podcasts does not host this file. Rights-holders can request removal through the copyright & takedown page.

Show Notes

Do you know how to tie a tie? Isn’t there something about a rabbit going around the hole and then back in the hole? If that is too complicated, let’s teach you how to tie a tie in Portuguese. Here we go!

Dialogue

A: Não sei direito dar nó em gravata, me dá uma ajuda aqui.
B: Tá, cruze o lado comprido por cima do lado curto.
A: Assim?
B: Isso, e passe ele por dentro do buraquinho.
A: Ah, entendi.
B: E passe ele outra vez por atrás pro outro lado.
A: Assim, né?
B: Isso, e passa pela frente, e enfia a volta que fez, Isso.
A: OK, entendi.
B: Isso, e agora puxe a ponta e deslize a parte larga para formar o nó.
A: OK, entendi.


A: I don’t know how to tie a tie, give me a hand here.
B: OK, cross the long end in front of the short end.
A: Like this?
B: Right, and pull it through the little hole.
A: OK, got it.
B: And pass it again behind and go through the other side.
A: Like this, right?
B: Right, and pass it in front, and thread it through the loop you made, right.
A: OK, I understand.
B: Right, and now pull the end down, and slide the large side to make the knot.
A: OK, I understand.

Topics

Brazilpod