Já vou! (Coming… eventually) ⏰ #fallback #sunday

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Olá, bom dia ALEGRIA!

This Sunday the clocks go back: at 2am it becomes 1am again, and we all get an extra hour in bed.

But anyone who’s lived here a while knows that in Portugal, time already bends. When someone says “já vou!” (coming!), they might be at the door in a second, or in twenty minutes. “Daqui a bocadinho” (in a little while) is the most elastic phrase in the language.

Today’s sheet, Nº 21: As Horas, is in the classroom. It has four phrases for telling the time, and a guide to what “fluid time” really means.

Over to you: what’s the longest “bocadinho” you’ve ever waited?

Até já! 😉

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Já vou! (Coming… eventually) ⏰ #fallback #sunday