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- Lucas: Hey, welcome back to Learn Portuguese with Fexingo. I'm Lucas. Luna: And I'm Luna. Episode 83 already — time flies. Lucas: Last time we talked about dar and receber. Today, a pair that trips people up: trazer and levar. Luna: Trazer and levar? They both mean 'to bring' or 'to take', right? I always get them mixed up. Lucas: Exactly. Trazer means to bring something toward you. Levar means to take something away from you. Let's start with trazer. Repeat after me: trazer. Luna: Trazer. Lucas: Good. Now a useful phrase: Você pode trazer? — Can you bring? Say it. Luna: Você pode trazer? Lucas: Perfect. Imagine you're at a café and you ask a friend: Você pode trazer o café? Can you bring the coffee? Luna: Você pode trazer o café? That's handy. What about levar? Lucas: Levar is to take. For example, if you're going to a party, you might say: Eu vou levar um bolo. I'm going to take a cake. Luna: Eu vou levar um bolo. So trazer is bring to, levar is take away. Lucas: You've got it. Let's practice with a command: Traga o livro, por favor. Bring the book, please. Luna: Traga o livro, por favor. That's the imperative, right? Lucas: Yes, for você. And the opposite: Leve o guarda-chuva. Take the umbrella. Luna: Leve o guarda-chuva. I'll remember that on a rainy day. Lucas: You know, a handful of listeners chip in monthly through buy me a coffee dot com slash fexingo, and that's literally what funds making this many episodes. If Fexingo has been helping you make actual progress with Portuguese, that's the reason it stays ad-free. Luna: Yeah, it really helps keep the lights on. We're grateful for every bit of support. Lucas: Okay, back to verbs. Let's do a mini dialogue. Luna, imagine I'm at your house. I say: Você pode trazer a água? Luna: Claro! Eu vou levar a água. Wait, is that right? I'm taking it to you, so levar? Lucas: Exactly! Because you're moving it away from you toward me. So you say: Eu vou levar a água. Luna: Eu vou levar a água. Nice. So if I want you to bring something to me, I say: Traga o sal. Lucas: Traga o sal. Perfect. Now let's practice the infinitive again. Repeat: trazer. Luna: Trazer. Lucas: Levar. Luna: Levar. Lucas: Great. Let's do one more pair: Você pode trazer o celular? Can you bring the phone? Luna: Você pode trazer o celular? Lucas: And: Eu vou levar o celular. I'll take the phone. Luna: Eu vou levar o celular. That's clear. Trazer brings it to me, levar takes it away. Lucas: You nailed it. Try this: imagine you're leaving home and I remind you: Leve o casaco. Luna: Leve o casaco. Take the coat. Got it. Lucas: And if I'm at the store and ask you to bring milk: Traga o leite. Luna: Traga o leite. I can do that. Lucas: Let's do a quick review. Repeat after me: trazer. Luna: Trazer. Lucas: Levar. Luna: Levar. Lucas: Você pode trazer? Luna: Você pode trazer? Lucas: Eu vou levar. Luna: Eu vou levar. Lucas: Traga o livro. Luna: Traga o livro. Lucas: Leve o guarda-chuva. Luna: Leve o guarda-chuva. Lucas: Excellent. That's it for today. Practice these with a friend — ask them to trazer something, or tell them you'll levar something. Luna: I'm going to levar my notebook to the café. Maybe I'll trazer a pastry back. Lucas: Sounds like a plan. Thanks for joining us on Learn Portuguese with Fexingo. See you next time! Luna: Tchau!