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🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese · Advanced Level 1

PART 2 · LESSON 14 OF 30 · 40 MINUTES

She Asked If I'd Be Up for It

Fernanda calls the whole team to a meeting on a Tuesday. The company is going to open an office in Recife, in the Northeast, and at eleven, in her office, she asks Daniel to set it up, a week a month from August. That night, Bia wants every word. Pass on what someone said and asked, "she said the company was going to open an office", "she asked if I'd be up for it", and say you're in.

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THE STORY

Tuesday the twenty-first of May, twenty thirty, ten in the morning, at the office. Fernanda has called the whole team to a meeting, on a Tuesday, and she has news. At eleven, she asks Daniel up to her office, closes the door, and asks him a question. At nine that night, with Alice asleep, Bia wants to hear every word of it. This is the conversation you'll be able to say by the end of the lesson.

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a empresaah ayng-PRAY-zahthe company
Recifeheh-SEE-feeRecife, a city in the Northeast
A empresa vai abrir um escritório em Recife.ah ayng-PRAY-zah vy ah-BREER oong ehs-kree-TAW-ree-oo ayng heh-SEE-feeThe company is going to open an office in Recife.
o Nordesteoo nor-DEHS-tcheethe Northeast
Em Recife? No Nordeste?ayng heh-SEE-fee? noo nor-DEHS-tcheeIn Recife? In the Northeast?
topartoh-PARto be up for it
Eu topo!EH-oo TAW-pooI'm in!
Calma, Felipe. Ninguém perguntou.KOW-mah, feh-LEE-pee. neeng-GAYNG per-goong-TOHEasy, Felipe. Nobody asked.
alguém de confiançaow-GAYNG djee kohn-fee-AHN-sahsomeone I trust, word for word someone of trust
Eu preciso de alguém de confiança no Nordeste.EH-oo pree-SEE-zoo djee ow-GAYNG djee kohn-fee-AHN-sah noo nor-DEHS-tcheeI need someone I trust in the Northeast.

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