language learning center · C1 · Lesson 4
Reframing disagreement
Practice this topic in Portuguese: Reframing disagreement.
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
Talvez a nossa divergência seja mais terminológica do que substancial.
Perhaps our disagreement is more terminological than substantive.
Miguel
Penso que estamos a responder a perguntas ligeiramente diferentes.
I think we are answering slightly different questions.
Inês
Se reformularmos a questão, encontramos um ponto comum.
If we reframe the problem, common ground appears.
Miguel
Ambos queremos proteger o serviço, mas damos prioridade a riscos diferentes.
We both want to protect the service, although we prioritise different risks.
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.
Talvez a nossa divergência seja mais terminológica do que substancial.
Perhaps our disagreement is more terminological than substantive.
Talvez a nossa divergência seja mais terminológica do que substancial.
Penso que estamos a responder a perguntas ligeiramente diferentes.
I think we are answering slightly different questions.
Penso que estamos a responder a perguntas ligeiramente diferentes.
Se reformularmos a questão, encontramos um ponto comum.
If we reframe the problem, common ground appears.
Se reformularmos a questão, encontramos um ponto comum.
Ambos queremos proteger o serviço, mas damos prioridade a riscos diferentes.
We both want to protect the service, although we prioritise different risks.
Ambos queremos proteger o serviço, mas damos prioridade a riscos diferentes.
Poderíamos avaliar cada proposta segundo os mesmos critérios?
Could we evaluate each proposal using the same criteria?
Poderíamos avaliar cada proposta segundo os mesmos critérios?
Notice, try, and speak
Which Portuguese sentence has this meaning: “Perhaps our disagreement is more terminological than substantive.”
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. Talvez a nossa divergência seja mais terminológica do que substancial.
- 2. Penso que estamos a responder a perguntas ligeiramente diferentes.
- 3. Se reformularmos a questão, encontramos um ponto comum.
- 4. Ambos queremos proteger o serviço, mas damos prioridade a riscos diferentes.
- 5. Poderíamos avaliar cada proposta segundo os mesmos critérios?