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🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese · Advanced Level 1

PART 2 · LESSON 12 OF 30 · 40 MINUTES

Please Find Attached

Thursday, report day. Daniel sends the new director a two-line email, without the attachment, and gets back a formal one, copied to Sao Paulo. Paula shows him how a Brazilian work email is written, from the greeting to the sign-off, and he tries again. Open, write and close a work email, "as agreed, please find the report attached", "I look forward to hearing from you", and know when to sign off with kind regards, and when with a hug.

Audio instruction: English

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THE STORY

Thursday the twenty-fifth of April, twenty thirty, two minutes to twelve, at the office. On Monday, Fernanda asked Daniel for the month's report by noon on Thursday, for the Sao Paulo office, and he has just sent it, in an email two lines long. Ten minutes later, her answer comes back, formal, and copied to Sao Paulo, and Paula reads it out over his shoulder. Then she pulls her chair over, and shows him how a Brazilian work email is written, from the first line to the last. This is the conversation you'll be able to say by the end of the lesson.

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linhasLEEN-yahslines
Só isso? Duas linhas?saw EE-soo? DOO-ahs LEEN-yahsThat's all? Two lines?
Ela responde em uma linha. Eu também.EH-lah hehs-POHN-djee ayng OO-mah LEEN-yah. EH-oo tahng-BAYNGShe answers in one line. So do I.
copioukoh-pee-OHcopied, on an email
Ela respondeu. E copiou São Paulo!EH-lah hehs-pohn-DAY-oo. ee koh-pee-OH sowng POW-looShe's answered. And she's copied Sao Paulo!
prezadopreh-ZAH-doodear, at the top of a formal email, to a man
Prezado Daniel, boa tarde.preh-ZAH-doo dah-nee-EW, BOH-ah TAR-djeeDear Daniel, good afternoon.
Isso é bom ou ruim?EE-soo eh bohng oh hoo-EENGIs that good or bad?
agradeçoah-grah-DAY-sooI thank you for, formally
o enviooo ayn-VEE-oothe sending

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