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🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese · Advanced Level 1

PART 1 · LESSON 7 OF 30 · 40 MINUTES

No Hands in the Photo

The Federal Police, for Alice's Brazilian passport. Both parents have to be there, copies aren't accepted, and the photo of a two-month-old needs her eyes open, a white background and nobody's hands in it. Dona Marta keeps her word and walks Pipoca, and on Saturday it will be five years since Daniel came to stay. Read and say the rules on the wall, "copies aren't accepted", "both parents are required", and say what isn't done in your house.

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THE STORY

Wednesday the sixth of February, twenty thirty. At eight, Dona Marta comes up from the seventh floor to take Pipoca for a walk, as she promised. At half past nine, Daniel and Bia are at the Federal Police with Alice, for her Brazilian passport. There's a sign on every wall, the officer at the counter knows every rule, and the photo of a two-month-old has to have her eyes open, a white background, and nobody's hands in it. This is the conversation you'll be able to say by the end of the lesson.

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Eu vim buscar o Pipoca.EH-oo veeng boos-KAR oo pee-PAW-kahI've come to fetch Pipoca.
dívidaDJEE-vee-daha debt
Promessa é dívida.proh-MEH-sah eh DJEE-vee-dahA promise is a promise.
a Polícia Federalah poh-LEE-see-ah feh-deh-ROWthe Federal Police
não se comenowng see KAW-meeisn't eaten, word for word doesn't eat itself
Na minha casa, não se come ração.nah MEEN-yah KAH-zah, nowng see KAW-mee hah-SOWNGIn my house, nobody eats dog food.
o corredoroo koh-heh-DOHRthe corridor
exige-seeh-ZEE-zhee-seeis required, word for word requires itself
a presença dos doisah preh-ZAYN-sah doos doysthe presence of both
Exige-se a presença dos dois.eh-ZEE-zhee-see ah preh-ZAYN-sah doos doysBoth parents are required.

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