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🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese · Advanced Level 1

PART 1 · LESSON 3 OF 30 · 40 MINUTES

It Says Magdalena

Monday morning at the registry office. The clerk looks for the G in Alice's name, and finds out whose mistake it was. On the pavement outside, Daniel calls the farm back, and Grandma Nena takes it personally. Say who did something, "the mistake was made by the registry office", read an official paper, "it says here", and ask what a correction costs, who has to sign and how long it takes.

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THE STORY

Monday the seventh of January, twenty thirty, nine in the morning, at the registry office in Botafogo. Daniel and Bia have waited forty minutes for their number, with Alice asleep in a sling on Daniel's chest. Now the clerk looks at the birth certificate, then at her screen, then at a piece of paper from the file. Ten minutes later, on the pavement outside, Daniel sees a missed call from the farm, and calls back. This is the conversation you'll be able to say by the end of the lesson.

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lhelyeeyou, to someone you serve
Bom dia. Em que posso lhe ajudar?bohng DJEE-ah. ayng kee PAW-soo lyee ah-zhoo-DARGood morning. How can I help you?
erradoeh-HAH-doowrong
O nome da nossa filha está errado na certidão.oo NOH-mee dah NAW-sah FEEL-yah ehs-TAH eh-HAH-doo nah sehr-tchee-DOWNGOur daughter's name is wrong on the certificate.
aqui constaah-KEE KOHNS-tahit says here, the formal way
Aqui consta Alice Magdalena. Com G.ah-KEE KOHNS-tah ah-LEE-see mahg-dah-LEH-nah. kohng ZHAYIt says here Alice Magdalena. With a G.
o senhor entregouoo sehn-YOR ayn-treh-GOHyou handed in, politely, to a man
No papel que o senhor entregou, consta Madalena.noo pah-PEW kee oo sehn-YOR ayn-treh-GOH, KOHNS-tah mah-dah-LEH-nahOn the paper you handed in, it says Madalena.
Então não fui eu!ayn-TOWNG nowng fwee EH-ooSo it wasn't me!
Eu não disse?EH-oo nowng DJEE-seeDidn't I tell you?

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