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karmicdragonflyI did a good job tonight explaining a pesky English phrase to my Portuguese speaking friend. I did this with the help of another friend here having wine with me tonight.
I received a message from my Portuguese speaking friend asking me to help him understand the phrase 'even though'. The request gave me pause as I tried to think of how to explain it.
With the help of wine, my other friend and I were discussing and searching Google, and the friend realized that 'even though' is an unexpected RESPONSE to a situation. The situation itself is not necessarily unexpected, but the RESPONSE is unexpected.
So, one of the examples I gave in this audio is "I bought a new car, even though I am quitting my job next week" -- buying a new car is an unexpected thing to do when you are planning to quit a job.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ydo8vg2428f3upa/EvenThough.mp3?dl=0
We native speakers "know" what phrases mean, even though it can be hard to explain them. (Do you see what I did there?)
And the Portuguese friend seemed to understand perfectly! I mispronounced 'resposta' in my recording, lol...
I received a message from my Portuguese speaking friend asking me to help him understand the phrase 'even though'. The request gave me pause as I tried to think of how to explain it.
With the help of wine, my other friend and I were discussing and searching Google, and the friend realized that 'even though' is an unexpected RESPONSE to a situation. The situation itself is not necessarily unexpected, but the RESPONSE is unexpected.
So, one of the examples I gave in this audio is "I bought a new car, even though I am quitting my job next week" -- buying a new car is an unexpected thing to do when you are planning to quit a job.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ydo8vg2428f3upa/EvenThough.mp3?dl=0
We native speakers "know" what phrases mean, even though it can be hard to explain them. (Do you see what I did there?)
And the Portuguese friend seemed to understand perfectly! I mispronounced 'resposta' in my recording, lol...
