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Pense o Que Você Quiser

A couple argues over whether a health and well-being TV show is trashy or informative. The future subjunctive in quiser, describing ongoing actions with vou continuar + gerúndio, and TV vocabulary.
o que + subjuntivo futuro (quiser) vou continuar + gerúndio que + substantivo (exclamação) vocabulário: TV
🎧 Língua da Gente · Ep. 37
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Read the dialogue

A couple disagrees on the couch about the value of a TV health and well-being show.

A: Ah não, mais um programa de saúde e bem-estar.

Oh no, another health and well-being program.

B: Mas você não acha importante poder informar o público dessas coisas?

But don't you think it is important to inform the public about these things?

A: Informar, tudo bem. Mas esse lixo só existe como diversão.

Inform, no problem. But this garbage only exists to entertain.

B: Entendo, mas às vezes tem coisas bem informativas também.

I understand, but sometimes they have really informative things too.

A: Olha lá, "vírus do amor" que provoca paixão. Que bobagem.

Look at that, a "love virus" that creates passion. What nonsense.

B: Ah, pense o que você quiser. Eu vou continuar assistindo e gostando.

Well, think whatever you want. I'm going to keep on watching and liking it.

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Language focus
Focus 1
O que você quiser — futuro do subjuntivo
English: whatever you want (future subjunctive after an indefinite pronoun)
Quiser is the futuro do subjuntivo of querer, used after words like o que to mean "whatever" — describing an unknown future choice or possibility.
Pense o que você quiser.
Think whatever you want. Faça o que quiser.
Do whatever you want.
Focus 2
Vou continuar + gerúndio
English: I'm going to keep on doing something
Vou continuar + gerund describes an action that will keep happening into the future — a common way to express persistence or defiance in conversation.
Eu vou continuar assistindo e gostando.
I'm going to keep on watching and liking it. Ela vai continuar estudando português.
She's going to keep on studying Portuguese.
Focus 3
Que + substantivo (exclamação) & vocabulário de TV
English: What + noun! (exclamation) + television vocabulary
Que + noun (no article) makes a quick exclamation — a very handy, simple structure for reacting to something.
Que bobagem!
What nonsense! Bem-estar — well-being · Diversão — entertainment
Informativo — informative · Lixo — junk/garbage (slang for low-quality content)
📺 Culture note Brazilian daytime TV has a long tradition of health, wellness, and lifestyle shows mixing real medical advice with sensational segments — the kind of "love virus" story mocked here is a classic example of tabloid-style content that still draws loyal audiences.
🔊 Phonology note Notice how quiser and continuar both carry stress on their final syllable — practice keeping that stress clearly audible, since English speakers often default to stressing an earlier syllable.
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Exercises
Exercise 1 — Comprehension check
Choose the correct answer based on the dialogue.
Exercise 2 — Quiser, vou/vai continuar ou bobagem?
Fill in each gap to complete the sentence with the correct word(s).
1. Pense o que você .
2. Eu assistindo esse programa.
3. Que ! Isso não existe.
4. Faça o que .
5. Ela estudando português.
Exercise 3 — Vocabulário de TV
Match each Portuguese word to its English meaning.
Exercise 4 — Your turn
Write 4–6 sentences in Portuguese about a TV show or type of content you love or hate. Use pense o que quiser, vou continuar + gerúndio, and a que + substantivo exclamation at least once each.
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