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🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese · Advanced Level 2

PART 3 · LESSON 25 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

I Should Be Here

Daniel arrives at the children's ward straight from the airport, and the doctor on duty tells him how his daughter is. Say she's responding well to the treatment, when can she go home, only the parents can stay, and I should be here.

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THE STORY

On a children's ward in Rio at eleven in the morning, Daniel arrives from the airport and talks to the doctor on duty about his daughter Alice, with his wife Bia beside him.

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Bom dia, doutor. Como está a minha filha?bohng DEE-ah, doh-TOHR. KOH-moo ehs-TAH ah MEEN-yah FEEL-yahGood morning, doctor. How is my daughter?
Ela está respondendo bem ao tratamento.EH-lah ehs-TAH hehs-pohn-DEN-doo bayng ow trah-tah-MEN-tooShe is responding well to the treatment.
Quando ela pode ter alta?KWAHN-doo EH-lah POH-djee tehr AHL-tahWhen can she go home?
Em três dias.ayng TREHS DEE-ahsIn three days.
Só os pais podem ficar aqui.SOH oos PIGHS POH-dayng fee-KAHR ah-KEEOnly the parents can stay here.
Eu me lembro de vocês. Foi a febre, no ano passado.AY-oo mee LEM-broo djee voh-SAYS. foy ah FEH-bree, noo AH-noo pah-SAH-dooI remember you. It was the fever, last year.
Agora é pneumonia. E eu estava em Manaus.ah-GOH-rah eh nay-oo-moh-NEE-ah. ee AY-oo ehs-TAH-vah ayng mah-NOW-eeshNow it's pneumonia. And I was in Manaus.
Eu devia estar aqui.AY-oo deh-VEE-ah ehs-TAHR ah-KEEI should be here.
O senhor está aqui agora. Isso conta.oo seen-YOHR ehs-TAH ah-KEE ah-GOH-rah. EE-soo KOHN-tahYou're here now. That counts.
Ela perguntou por você a noite toda.EH-lah pehr-goon-TOH pohr voh-SAY ah NOY-chee TOH-dahShe asked for you all night.