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🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese · Advanced Level 1

PART 3 · LESSON 21 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

What Do You Call That Here?

The first lesson of Part Three. Daniel's first week in the Northeast begins with the heat at the airport door, a taxi over the bridges, and the new office in the old port district, where Edson, the local lead, has breakfast waiting, and a third name for cassava. Ask what people call something here, and hear how the Northeast talks.

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THE STORY

Monday the fifth of August, twenty thirty. Daniel took the six o'clock flight, and just before nine, the airport doors open onto the heat of the Northeast. A taxi takes him over the bridges to the old port district, where the new office is. Edson, the local lead, is waiting at the door, with breakfast on the table. This is the conversation you'll be able to say by the end of the lesson.

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Aqui, inverno é chuva.ah-KEE, een-VEHR-noo eh SHOO-vahHere, winter means rain.
com esse calorkohng AY-see kah-LORin this heat, word for word with this heat
Inverno? Com esse calor?een-VEHR-noo? kohng AY-see kah-LORWinter? In this heat?
para todo ladoPAH-rah TOH-doo LAH-dooeverywhere, word for word for every side
Aqui tem ponte para todo lado.ah-KEE tayng POHN-tchee PAH-rah TOH-doo LAH-dooThere are bridges everywhere here.
visseVEE-seeyou hear?, all right?, in Recife
Seja bem-vindo, visse?SAY-zhah bayng-VEEN-doo, VEE-seeWelcome, you hear?
fresquinhofrehs-KEEN-yoonice and cool, word for word a little fresh
Calor? Oxe, hoje está fresquinho!kah-LOR? OH-shee, OH-zhee ehs-TAH frehs-KEEN-yooHot? Come off it, today it's nice and cool!
massaMAH-sahgreat, in the Northeast, word for word dough

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