Well, the next usage for 'IT' that a lot of
students forget to use is when we don't have a subject/author in the
sentence in Portuguese.
Example: IT's raining.
Who or what is raining? Nobody! It's a natural phenomenon. It just happens!
Students tend to say..."Oh, is raining". DON'T FORGET THAT BASICALLY, ALL SENTENCES HAVE SUBJECTS IN ENGLISH.
So, when you don't have to say it in Portuguese, don't forget to add 'IT' in English.
Examples:
It's late. (Está tarde.)
It's 3 p.m. (São 3 horas da tarde)
It's dangerous to walk downtown late at night. (É perigoso andar no Centro tarde da noite.)
It's windy today. (Está ventoso hoje)
It's the first time it happened to me....(yeah right!) (É a primeira vez que isso me acontece)
Hey, guys! what's up?
Just me and you right now, real talk!
Have you ever wondered about how the word 'IT' has been forgotten by most of us?
Let's see the facts here, by heart:
I guess the most useful and common is IT as SUBJECT, or the author
of an action ('it' refers to an animal, abstract and contrete things,
pets excluded). But here is the deal: YOU NEED TO HAVE PREVIOUSLY STATED
WHAT 'IT' REPRESENTS.
Ex: Man, look at the Ferrari!! IT(the Ferrari)'s beautiful!!
Who wants to know the other usages???
An English teacher asked her class to write an essay on what they'd do if they had a million dollars.
Alec handed in a blank sheet of paper.
'Alec!' yelled the teacher, 'you've done nothing. Why?'
'Because if I had a million dollars, that's exactly what I would do!'
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QUAL A ORIGEM DA PALAVRA "JEEP"?
A história é de que essa palavra do Inglês Americano foi criada das
iniciais G.P., que significava "General Purpose", a designação dada pela
Exército Americano para esse tipo de veículo durante a Segunda Guerra
Mundial.
Um personagem popular introduzido no cartoon Popeye em
1936 chamado "Eugene the Jeep", provavelmente influenciou a criação do
termo já que os traços de criatividade e força de Eugene eram ligados à
aqueles do veículo - e o único som que Eugene fazia era 'jeep'.
