asset title: Grammar Lesson 19: Present Perfect, Naming People
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One of life's great mysteries is if a Brazilian marries someone from Venezuela, how do you figure out what their official name will be? We ought to be politicians because we spend the whole lesson talking about last names, middle names, and given names, but we never actually answer the question! In this lesson Michelle talks about what it has been like to explain her daughter's full name. Americans get a little confused. As to the grammar, we discuss the difference between phrases like 'have you been eating lately' and 'have you ever eaten before.'DialogPortugueseValdo: O que vocÃª tem percebido de diferente nesses Ãºltimos tempos em relaÃ§Ã£o a gravidez e filhos aqui nos Estados Unidos?Michelle: Eu tenho visto ultimamente que a questÃ£o dos nomes Ã© bem diferente do que no Brasil.Valdo: VocÃª jÃ¡ teve problemas com isso alguma vez?Michelle: JÃ¡ tive, sim. Eu tenho tido dificuldade recentemente em explicar para as pessoas aqui que minha filha tem dois sobrenomes.Valdo: Eh, vocÃª tem que se acostumar com isso, porque aqui as pessoas sempre tÃªm usado o sistema de nome do meio e Ãºltimo nome em vez de sÃ³ sobrenomes.Michelle: E Ã© isso que Ã© confuso aqui. Em todos os lugares que eu tenho ido nesses Ãºltimos meses as pessoas nÃ£o entendem que minha filha nÃ£o tem o segundo nome.SpanishValdo: Â¿QuÃ© has notado de diferente en esos Ãºltimos tiempos en relaciÃ³n a la gravidez y los hijos acÃ¡ en los Estados Unidos?Michelle: He notado Ãºltimamente que la cuestiÃ³n de nombres es muy diferente que en el Brasil.Valdo: Â¿Has tenido problemas alguna vez con eso?Michelle: SÃ­, Recientemente he tenido dificultades en explicarles a las otras personas que mi hija tiene dos apellidos.Valdo: SÃ­, hay que acostumbrarte con eso, porque aquÃ­ las personas han usado el sistema de usar un segundo nombre y apellido en vez de dos apellidos.Michelle: Es eso lo que me confunde aquÃ­.  En todos los lugares que he ido estos Ãºltimos meses, las personas no entienden que mi hija no tiene un segundo nombre.EnglishValdo: Have you been noticing anything different lately as related to pregnancy and having children here in the United States?Michelle: Lately I've been noticing that the issue of names has been very different from in Brazil.Valdo: Have you ever had any problems with this?Michelle: Yes I have.  Lately I've had some problems in explaining to people here that my daughter has two last names.Valdo: Yes, you need to get used to that, because here people have used the a system where they have a second name and a last name instead of two last names.Michelle: That is exactly what confuses me here. In all the places I've gone during these last few months, people don't understand why my daughter doesn't have a second name.

Grammar Lesson 19: Present Perfect, Naming People

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