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🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese · Advanced Level 1

PART 2 · LESSON 15 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Thinking About It

Bia goes back to work, at the kitchen table, with headphones. Her mother, here for the month, runs the house her own way, from naps to bottles, and at twelve Bia calls Daniel at the office, whispering. Daniel keeps the peace. Let the ongoing form stand for a whole clause, "thinking about it, your mother's right", "when I get home, I'll take over".

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THE STORY

Monday the third of June, twenty thirty. Alice is six months old tomorrow, and today Bia goes back to work, at the kitchen table, with headphones. Her mother, Dona Rosa, came down from Belo Horizonte on Saturday, for the month, and she runs the house her own way. At twelve, Bia calls Daniel at the office, whispering. At seven, he comes home to take over. This is the conversation you'll be able to say by the end of the lesson.

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tranquilatrahn-KWEE-lahcalm, at ease, to a woman
Hoje, a Alice é comigo.OH-zhee, ah ah-LEE-see eh koh-MEE-gooToday, Alice is my job.
Está na lista, na geladeira.ehs-TAH nah LEES-tah, nah zheh-lah-DAY-rahIt's on the list, on the fridge.
eu crieiEH-oo kree-AYI brought up, I raised
Eu criei você sem lista nenhuma.EH-oo kree-AY voh-SAY sayng LEES-tah nayn-YOO-mahI brought you up without any list.
A minha mãe deu a mamadeira às nove e meia.ah MEEN-yah MAYNG DAY-oo ah mah-mah-DAY-rah ahs NAW-vee ee MAY-ahMy mother gave her the bottle at half past nine.
Ela fechou a porta da cozinha.EH-lah feh-SHOH ah PAWR-tah dah koh-ZEEN-yahShe shut the kitchen door.
desde as noveDAYZ-djee ahs NAW-veesince nine
Eu não vejo a Alice desde as nove!EH-oo nowng VAY-zhoo ah ah-LEE-see DAYZ-djee ahs NAW-veeI haven't seen Alice since nine!
ela me vêEH-lah mee VAYshe sees me

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