language learning center · B2 · Lesson 8
Correcting misunderstandings
Practice this topic in Portuguese: Correcting misunderstandings.
Understand and learn
Work from a natural example to useful language, one small pattern, a spoken attempt, and a response that is relevant to your life.
Inês
Creio que não me exprimi com clareza.
I think I did not express myself clearly enough.
Miguel
Não quis dizer que devíamos rejeitar toda a proposta.
I did not mean that we should reject the whole proposal.
Inês
O que pretendia salientar era um risco específico.
What I was trying to point out was one specific risk.
Miguel
Obrigado por pedir esclarecimentos.
Thank you for asking me to clarify it.
Notice, try, and speak
Understand a natural example and learn a small set of useful words, phrases, and patterns.
Useful words and phrases
These items were selected by the lesson curriculum for practical use—not extracted as an every-word list.
Creio que não me exprimi com clareza.
I think I did not express myself clearly enough.
Creio que não me exprimi com clareza.
Não quis dizer que devíamos rejeitar toda a proposta.
I did not mean that we should reject the whole proposal.
Não quis dizer que devíamos rejeitar toda a proposta.
O que pretendia salientar era um risco específico.
What I was trying to point out was one specific risk.
O que pretendia salientar era um risco específico.
Obrigado por pedir esclarecimentos.
Thank you for asking me to clarify it.
Obrigado por pedir esclarecimentos.
Esta explicação corresponde ao que tinha entendido?
Does this explanation match what you understood?
Esta explicação corresponde ao que tinha entendido?
Notice, try, and speak
Which Portuguese sentence has this meaning: “I think I did not express myself clearly enough.”
Make it yours
Say the five Portuguese turns aloud, then connect two of them naturally.
Change one detail so the message is true for your own life or opinion.
Use it with someone
Use this Portuguese in a real conversation
- 1. Creio que não me exprimi com clareza.
- 2. Não quis dizer que devíamos rejeitar toda a proposta.
- 3. O que pretendia salientar era um risco específico.
- 4. Obrigado por pedir esclarecimentos.
- 5. Esta explicação corresponde ao que tinha entendido?