can i help you?

Portuguese translation: Posso ajudá-lo?

01:01 Aug 10, 2006
English to Portuguese translations [Non-PRO]
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
English term or phrase: can i help you?
mummy,can i have somesweets?
you can, but you may not.
oh!mummy may i have some sweets
of course ,dear,help yourself.
can i help you ?
yes please.i want a map of london.
do you like this one ?it`s very detail.
yes, that`s fine.how much is it?
well, it costs twenty dollars,but you can have it for fifteen dollars.
where can i find a telephone?
you can fin one at the end of the street.
may i ask you something?of course.
can you tell me the time ?my watch doesn´t work
certainly,it´s exactly two o´clock
nilson
Portuguese translation:Posso ajudá-lo?
Explanation:
:)
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Mariana Moreira
Portugal
Local time: 11:44
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4 +3Posso ajudá-lo?
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Posso ajudá-lo?


Explanation:
:)

Mariana Moreira
Portugal
Local time: 11:44
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Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 202
Notes to answerer
Asker:

Asker: you can , but you may not

Asker: mummy,can i have somesweets? you can, but you may not. oh!mummy may i have some sweets of course ,dear,help yourself. can i help you ? yes please.i want a map of london. do you like this one ?it`s very detail. yes, that`s fine.how much is it? well, it costs twenty dollars,but you can have it for fifteen dollars. where can i find a telephone? you can fin one at the end of the street. may i ask you something?of course. can you tell me the time ?my watch doesn´t work certainly,it´s exactly two o´clock


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Claudio Mazotti: ou o nosso tradicional "Em q posso ajudá-lo?" no Br
2 mins
  -> Obrigada, Klausin

agree  Will Matter: Basic, useful Portuguese (no matter which side of the Atlantic you're on). ;0) Good job.
2 hrs
  -> Obrigada, Will

agree  Flavia Martins dos Santos: agree
18 hrs
  -> Obrigada, Flávia
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