777-666 – Bilingual Lyrics Portuguese/English
Lyrics & Translation
Key Vocabulary
Vocabulary | Meanings |
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bater /baˈteʁ/ B2 |
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levar /leˈvaʁ/ B1 |
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esperar /espeˈʁaʁ/ A2 |
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aprender /apɾenˈdeʁ/ B1 |
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surfar /suʁˈfaʁ/ B2 |
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voltar /volˈtaʁ/ B1 |
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mudar /muˈdaʁ/ B1 |
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vivendo /viˈvẽdu/ B1 |
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disser /diˈseʁ/ B2 |
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escorrer /eskɔˈʁeʁ/ C1 |
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socar /sɔˈkaʁ/ C2 |
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vírus /ˈvírus/ A2 |
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tecnologia /tɛk.nɔˈlo.ʒi.a/ B2 |
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Key Grammar Structures
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Quando ela bater, cura, ela vai te levar
➔ Future Subjunctive (Colloquial)
➔ In Portuguese, the future subjunctive is often replaced with the infinitive in informal speech. "Quando ela bater" uses the infinitive "bater" to express a future condition. "Ela vai te levar" shows the future tense.
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Tu vai ter que aprender a surfar
➔ Future tense with auxiliary verb + infinitive
➔ "Vai ter que aprender" is a periphrastic future, indicating something will happen. "Aprender a surfar" means "to learn to surf".
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Eu tô num loop, vivendo coisas que eu já vivi
➔ Present Continuous (Estar + Gerund) and Past Perfect (Já vivi)
➔ "Eu tô vivendo" (estar + gerund) describes an action in progress. "Que eu já vivi" uses the past perfect to describe an action completed before another point in the past (the current loop).
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Não vai se deixar levar pelo som
➔ Negative Imperative with reflexive pronoun
➔ "Não vai se deixar" is a negative command form, telling someone not to let themselves be carried away. "Se deixar" is a reflexive construction.
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Pra quem quiser vim peitar o bonde
➔ Future Subjunctive with "quem"
➔ "Quem quiser vim" uses the future subjunctive to describe a hypothetical person who might want to confront the group. The future subjunctive is used because it expresses doubt or uncertainty.
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Enquanto quem tá trabalhando vai poder fumar skunk
➔ Future periphrasis with "poder" + infinitive and present continuous "tá trabalhando"
➔ "Vai poder fumar" is a periphrastic future, using "poder" (to be able to) to express possibility or future action. "Tá trabalhando" is a shortened form of "está trabalhando" meaning "is working" (present continuous, action in progress).
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Depois que o sangue escorreu no chão, não tinha mais o que fazer
➔ Past Perfect Simple (Tinha)
➔ "Não tinha mais o que fazer" uses the past perfect simple to describe that there was nothing left to do, at a point in the past. This tense highlights the completed nature of the impossibility of action.
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