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🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese · Advanced Level 1

PART 2 · LESSON 13 OF 30 · 40 MINUTES

I Do Agree, It's Just That

Mother's Day, and Bia's first as a mother. Her mother has come down from Belo Horizonte, and over lunch, plans for June arrive from three directions, from Dona Rosa, from Susan on video, and from Dona Marta on the seventh floor. Bia has to say no to her mother without saying no. Disagree the soft Brazilian way, "I do agree, Mum, it's just that...", and offer something else as a question, "wouldn't it be better if you came here?"

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THE STORY

Sunday the twelfth of May, twenty thirty, Mother's Day in Brazil, and Bia's first as a mother. Her mother, Dona Rosa, came down from Belo Horizonte on Friday. At one o'clock, over the lunch Daniel has made, Dona Rosa announces her plan for June. Half an hour later, Susan has a plan too, on video from Chicago, and then Dona Marta comes up from the seventh floor with a cake, and a plan of her own. Bia has to say no to her mother, without saying no. This is the conversation you'll be able to say by the end of the lesson.

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Feliz Dia das Mães, Bia! O seu primeiro.feh-LEES DJEE-ah dahs MAYNS, BEE-ah! oo SAY-oo pree-MAY-rooHappy Mother's Day, Bia! Your first one.
eu resolviEH-oo heh-zohw-VEEI've sorted out, word for word I resolved
Filha, eu já resolvi junho.FEEL-yah, EH-oo zhah heh-zohw-VEE ZHOON-yooDarling, I've already sorted out June.
vêmvayngyou two come, they come
Você e a Alice vêm comigo para Belo Horizonte.voh-SAY ee ah ah-LEE-see vayng koh-MEE-goo PAH-rah BEH-loo oh-ree-ZOHN-tcheeYou and Alice are coming to Belo Horizonte with me.
Você trabalha de casa. Trabalha da minha casa!voh-SAY trah-BAHL-yah djee KAH-zah. trah-BAHL-yah dah MEEN-yah KAH-zahYou work from home. Work from my home!
até concordoah-TEH kohn-KAWR-dooI do agree, up to a point, word for word I even agree
só quesaw keeit's just that, word for word only that
Até concordo, mãe, só que...ah-TEH kohn-KAWR-doo, MAYNG, saw keeI do agree, Mum, it's just that...
A minha casa é aqui.ah MEEN-yah KAH-zah eh ah-KEEMy home is here.

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