Corrections · 5
PT-BR:
Outros garçons
e eu estávamos trabalhando em um buffet de café da manhã em um hotel, para um grupo militar / para militares da terceira idade. Um casal jovem se serviu, e eu senti imediatamente que algo não estava certo. Eu perguntei a um garçom que trabalha em
tempo integral se o
casal fazia parte
do grupo. Ele achava que não, e perguntou a eles. O homem ficou um pouco surpreso. “Não sou/faço parte
do grupo, mas meu pai foi/era
militar,” respondeu.
Comments:
- ‘Servidor’ or ‘servidor público’ (in Brazilian Portuguese)
refers to “public employee”.
- ‘A couple’ is singular, so the verb should be conjugated as “se
serviu”.
- In my opinion, ‘surpreendido’ and ‘surprised’ are a little
bit different in Portuguese. I understand that in English, in both situations,
you guys use “surprised”.
Help Yourself! Part 1
Other servers and I were working at a hotel breakfast buffet for a military group of older people. A young couple served themselves, and I sensed right away that something was wrong. I asked a full-timer if the couple was part of the group. He didn’t think so, and asked them. The man seemed a little surprised. “I’m not part of the group, but my father was military,” he said.
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