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🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese · Advanced Level 2

PART 1 · LESSON 10 OF 30 · 33 MINUTES

It's Not Goodbye

Saturday the twenty-sixth of April, twenty thirty-one, Luana and Thiago's flat, the morning after the removal van and the day before the flight to Salvador. Three boxes, a bare floor, Maria and Alice on it, and a card from the daycare with the little hands of the whole babies' room. Carla brings Rafael's coffee, Dona Lucia a cake for the plane, and Luana, who can't swim, is going to live ten minutes from the beach. At noon, the goodbye the four adults have been putting off since March, and the one the two girls don't understand. The last lesson of Part One, with a line from each of its lessons. Say "it's not goodbye, it's see you soon", "we're going to miss you, every day", "keep in touch, every week" and "there, there's a grandmother. Here, you ask for help".

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THE STORY

Saturday the twenty-sixth of April, twenty thirty-one, ten in the morning, Luana and Thiago's flat. The furniture left in the van on Friday. Three boxes by the door, a bare floor, and on it Maria, twenty-one months, and Alice, almost seventeen, with a paper umbrella between them. Pipoca stayed at home. A card from Aunt Cris with every little hand of the babies' room, Carla at eleven with coffee from Sol Street, Dona Lucia with a cake for the plane, and at noon, at the door, the goodbye the four adults have been putting off since March. This is the conversation you'll be able to say by the end of the lesson.

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Três caixas, duas malas e uma menina. O resto já foi no caminhão.trays KY-shahs, DOO-ahs MAH-lahs ee OO-mah meh-NEE-nah. oo HEHS-too zhah foy noo kah-meen-YOWNGThree boxes, two suitcases and a little girl. The rest has already gone in the van.
Nem eu. Hoje a gente dorme no chão. Amanhã, em Salvador.nayng EH-oo. OH-zhee ah ZHAYN-tchee DAWR-mee noo showng. ah-mahn-YAHNG, ayng sahw-vah-DORNeither have I. Tonight we sleep on the floor. Tomorrow, in Salvador.
só mais umsaw mys oongjust one more
A Maria não entende. Para ela, é só mais um sábado.ah mah-REE-ah nowng ayn-TAYN-djee. PAH-rah EH-lah, eh saw mys oong SAH-bah-dooMaria doesn't understand. For her, it's just one more Saturday.
adeusah-DAY-oosgoodbye, for good
Olha o que a Tia Cris mandou. Um cartão do berçário. Com a mãozinha da sala inteira.OL-yah oo kee ah TCHEE-ah krees mahn-DOH. oong kar-TOWNG doo behr-SAH-ree-oo. kohng ah mowng-ZEEN-yah dah SAH-lah een-TAY-rahLook what Aunt Cris sent. A card from the babies' room. With the little hands of the whole room.
para quem ficaPAH-rah kayng FEE-kahfor those who stay, word for word for who stays
Café do Rafael. Para quem fica e para quem vai.kah-FEH doo hah-fah-EW. PAH-rah kayng FEE-kah ee PAH-rah kayng vyRafael's coffee. For those who stay and those who go.
um bolo para o aviãooong BOH-loo PAH-rah oo ah-vee-OWNGa cake for the plane
Ninguém viaja sem bolo.neeng-GAYNG vee-AH-zhah sayng BOH-looNobody travels without cake.

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