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PART 1 · LESSON 1 OF 30 · 33 MINUTES Free

Her First Snow

Wednesday the twenty-fifth of December, Christmas Day, the house Daniel grew up in, near Chicago, and snow since the night before. Alice, a year and three weeks old, is at the window in the pink jumper with the reindeer, which fits at last, and her first snow is nothing like her mother's two years ago, she wants to eat it. Tom, retired for a month, has shovelled a path and practised a sentence, Emily speaks only Portuguese to her niece, and a girl with one word holds on to the sofa and will not walk. At dinner, Susan asks the question nobody has asked for three weeks. Compare people and places, "unlike her mother, she loved the snow", and say "however cold it is, we go out".

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Lesson 1 · Her First Snow

Brazilian Portuguese · 33 minutes

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Wednesday the twenty-fifth of December, twenty thirty, eight in the morning, the living room of the house Daniel grew up in, in a small town near Chicago. It snowed all night. Alice, a year and three weeks old, is on her mother's hip at the window, in the pink jumper with the reindeer, and Bia is in her own reindeer jumper from two Christmases ago. Out at the front, Tom, retired since November, is shovelling a path. At ten, Daniel's sister arrives, and at six, dinner, the American way. This is the conversation you'll be able to say by the end of the lesson.

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um para sairoong PAH-rah sah-EERone to leave
Um passaporte para sair, outro para entrar.oong pah-sah-POR-tchee PAH-rah sah-EER, OH-troo PAH-rah ayn-TRAROne passport to leave, another to come in.
de propósitodjee proh-PAW-zee-tooon purpose
Eu fiz grande de propósito.EH-oo fees GRAHN-djee djee proh-PAW-zee-tooI made it big on purpose.
não se comenowng see KAW-meeisn't eaten, one doesn't eat it
Neve não se come!NEH-vee nowng see KAW-meeSnow isn't for eating!
ao contrário da mãeow kohn-TRAH-ree-oo dah MAYNGunlike her mother
Ao contrário da mãe, ela adorou a neve.ow kohn-TRAH-ree-oo dah MAYNG, EH-lah ah-doh-ROH ah NEH-veeUnlike her mother, she loved the snow.
Eu adorei a neve! O que eu não adorei foi o frio.EH-oo ah-doh-RAY ah NEH-vee! oo kee EH-oo nowng ah-doh-RAY foy oo FREE-ooI loved the snow! What I didn't love was the cold.
por mais frio que façapoor mys FREE-oo kee FAH-sahhowever cold it is
Por mais frio que faça, a gente sai.poor mys FREE-oo kee FAH-sah, ah ZHAYN-tchee syHowever cold it is, we go out.
por mais feio que sejapoor mys FAY-oo kee SAY-zhahhowever ugly it is
Por mais feio que seja, eu uso.poor mys FAY-oo kee SAY-zhah, EH-oo OO-zooHowever ugly it is, I wear it.
Cada colo, uma língua.KAH-dah KAW-loo, OO-mah LEENG-gwahEach lap, a language.
enquanto no Brasilayn-KWAHN-too noo brah-ZEELwhereas in Brazil
Aqui, a ceia é às seis, enquanto no Brasil é à meia-noite.ah-KEE, ah SAY-ah eh ahs says, ayn-KWAHN-too noo brah-ZEEL eh ah MAY-ah NOY-tcheeHere, dinner is at six, whereas in Brazil it's at midnight.
E a Fernanda? Faz três semanas que ninguém fala nisso.ee ah fehr-NAHN-dah? fahs trays seh-MAH-nahs kee neeng-GAYNG FAH-lah NEE-sooAnd Fernanda? It's been three weeks since anyone talked about it.
A gente liga na segunda. E quem liga sou eu.ah ZHAYN-tchee LEE-gah nah seh-GOON-dah. ee kayng LEE-gah soh EH-ooWe call on Monday. And I'm the one calling.
Ela negocia. Eu assino.EH-lah neh-GAW-see-ah. EH-oo ah-SEE-nooShe negotiates. I sign.
que se cuidekee see KWEE-djeehad better watch out
A minha primeira neve foi nessa janela. A dela também.ah MEEN-yah pree-MAY-rah NEH-vee foy NEH-sah zhah-NEH-lah. ah DEH-lah tahn-BAYNGMy first snow was at this window. So was hers.