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Usages of ao

• Nós vamos ao centro comercial amanhã para comprar roupa.: We are going to the shopping mall tomorrow to buy clothes.
• Eu dou flores ao vizinho.: I give flowers to the neighbour.
• Eu quero pedir desculpa ao Pedro hoje.: I want to apologise to Pedro today.
• Depois de vocês terminarem o relatório, enviem-no ao diretor.: After you all finish the report, send it to the director.
• Logo que tu tiveres descansado um pouco, voltamos ao estudo.: As soon as you have rested a bit, we’ll go back to studying.
• O Pedro mostra o esconderijo secreto ao irmão.: Pedro shows the secret hideout to his brother.
• Quando não sei uma palavra, peço ao professor que me empreste um dicionário.: When I don’t know a word, I ask the teacher to lend me a dictionary.
• Algumas pessoas vão ao cinema ao sábado.: Some people go to the cinema on Saturdays.
• Nós vamos ao cinema ao sábado.: We go to the cinema on Saturdays.
• Algumas pessoas vão ao mercado hoje.: Some people are going to the market today.
• A Ana foi ao talho buscar carne, mas eu fui à peixaria comprar salmão.: Ana went to the butcher’s to get meat, but I went to the fish shop to buy salmon.
• Eu quase nunca vou ao talho, porque costumo comprar peixe na peixaria.: I almost never go to the butcher’s, because I usually buy fish at the fish shop.
• O meu irmão foi ao quiosque comprar um envelope, e eu fiquei em casa a dobrar o folheto do museu.: My brother went to the kiosk to buy an envelope, and I stayed at home folding the museum leaflet.

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