Since You're Going Every Month

Daniel's first Father's Day. A card from the daycare with a little blue handprint, Bia's father in Belo Horizonte and Tom in Chicago on video, and that night, after a week on her own, Bia has something to say. Say "since" the Brazilian way, in speech and in a meeting, "since you're going every month, we need to get organised", "given that we both travel", and put the one who did something in the spotlight, "the one who asked was your mother".

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THE STORY

Sunday the eleventh of August, twenty thirty, Father's Day in Brazil, and Daniel's first. He came home from the Northeast on Friday night. At eight, Bia comes into the kitchen with Alice on her hip and an envelope from the daycare. At noon, Chicago calls, and Tom has practised a line. And at ten that night, with Alice asleep, Bia has something to say. This is the conversation you'll be able to say by the end of the lesson.

In this lesson, you’ll learn to

Say since, when the reason is already known, "since you're going every month, we need to get organised"
Say given that, the formal way, "given that we both travel, we need a calendar"
Put the one who did something in the spotlight, "the one who washed her hand was me", "the one who asked was your mother"
Wish someone a happy Father's Day, and say "now you understand"
Ask how someone's week was, and answer "long, but it's over now"
Say "it was only a week" and "you want to do everything yourself, and I did everything by myself"

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o Dia dos Paisoo DJEE-ah doos PIESFather's Day

Feliz Dia dos Pais, Daniel! O seu primeiro.feh-LEES DJEE-ah doos PIES, dah-nee-EW! oo SAY-oo pree-MAY-rooHappy Father's Day, Daniel! Your first one.

a mãozinha delaah mowng-ZEEN-yah DEH-lahher little hand

Um cartão da creche. Com a mãozinha dela.oong kar-TOWNG dah KREH-shee. kohng ah mowng-ZEEN-yah DEH-lahA card from the daycare. With her little hand.

lavoulah-VOHwashed, he, she or you

Quem lavou a mão dela fui eu.kayng lah-VOH ah mowng DEH-lah fwee EH-ooThe one who washed her hand was me.

você entendevoh-SAY ayn-TAYN-djeeyou understand

Agora você entende.ah-GAW-rah voh-SAY ayn-TAYN-djeeNow you understand.

a sua semanaah SOO-ah seh-MAH-nahyour week

E você, Bia? Como foi a sua semana?ee voh-SAY, BEE-ah? KOH-moo foy ah SOO-ah seh-MAH-nahAnd you, Bia? How was your week?

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