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🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese · Advanced Level 1

PART 2 · LESSON 19 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

If It Weren't for You

Bia is in Sao Paulo for the week, her first trip since Alice was born. At eleven, the daycare calls Daniel at the office. The water has gone off, and every child has to go home by noon. At two, Daniel has a video meeting with Sao Paulo, and downstairs, Dona Marta has a cake in the oven. Say "if it weren't for you, I'd be lost", and "if you hadn't come, I'd be in a mess now".

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THE STORY

Wednesday the seventeenth of July, twenty thirty. Bia is in Sao Paulo for the week, her first trip since Alice was born. At eleven, the daycare calls Daniel at the office. The water has gone off in the building, and every child has to go home by noon. At two, Daniel has a video meeting with Sao Paulo, from the kitchen table. At ten to two, Alice still won't sleep, and a key turns in the door. This is the conversation you'll be able to say by the end of the lesson.

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Faltou água no prédio.fow-TOH AH-gwah noo PREH-djee-ooThe water's gone off in the building.
As crianças têm que ir para casa até o meio-dia.ahs kree-AHN-sahs tayng kee eer PAH-rah KAH-zah ah-TEH oo MAY-oo DJEE-ahThe children have to go home by noon.
Já estou indo.zhah ehs-TOH EEN-dooI'm on my way.
A senhora ainda tem a chave?ah sehn-YAW-rah ah-EEN-dah tayng ah SHAH-veeYou've still got the key?
Por que ela não está na creche?poor kee EH-lah nowng ehs-TAH nah KREH-sheeWhy isn't she at the daycare?
Eu estou com um bolo no forno.EH-oo ehs-TOH kohng oong BOH-loo noo FOR-nooI've got a cake in the oven.
A Alice desce comigo.ah ah-LEE-see DEH-see koh-MEE-gooAlice is coming down with me.
Me dá ela aqui.mee DAH EH-lah ah-KEEGive her to me.
se não fossesee nowng FOH-seeif it weren't, if it wasn't
eu estariaEH-oo ehs-tah-REE-ahI'd be

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