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🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese · Advanced Level 2

PART 3 · LESSON 27 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

I'm Not Apologising for Travelling

At the living-room window, late on a holiday night, Daniel and Bia finally say everything. Say I'm not apologising for travelling, I'm apologising for deciding alone, if I had asked you'd have told the truth, and from now on we decide together.

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THE STORY

Late on a holiday night, at the living-room window of their flat in Rio, with their daughter asleep, Daniel and Bia talk after their second session with the therapist.

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Eu não estou pedindo desculpa por viajar.AY-oo nowng ehs-TOH peh-DJEEN-doo dehs-KOOL-pah pohr vee-ah-ZHAHRI'm not apologising for travelling.
Estou pedindo desculpa por decidir sozinho.ehs-TOH peh-DJEEN-doo dehs-KOOL-pah pohr deh-see-DJEER see-ZEEN-yooI'm apologising for deciding alone.
Eu também devia ter falado em agosto.AY-oo tahm-BAYNG deh-VEE-ah tehr fah-LAH-doo ayng ah-GOHS-tooI should have spoken up in August too.
Eu disse que dava conta, e não dava.AY-oo DEE-see kee DAH-vah KOHN-tah, ee nowng DAH-vahI said I could cope, and I couldn't.
Se eu tivesse perguntado, você teria dito a verdade.see AY-oo chee-VEH-see pehr-goon-TAH-doo, voh-SAY teh-REE-ah DJEE-too ah vehr-DAH-djeeIf I had asked, you'd have told the truth.
Não foi só você que decidiu.nowng foy SOH voh-SAY kee deh-see-DJEE-ooIt's not only you who decided.
Eu também me calei.AY-oo tahm-BAYNG mee kah-LIGHI also kept quiet.
De agora em diante, a gente decide junto.djee ah-GOH-rah ayng djee-AHN-chee, ah ZHEN-chee deh-SEE-djee ZHOON-tooFrom now on, we decide together.
Junto. E a primeira decisão é pedir ajuda.ZHOON-too. ee ah pree-MAY-rah deh-see-ZOWNG eh peh-DJEER ah-ZHOO-dahTogether. And the first decision is to ask for help.
Eu ligo para a Carla amanhã.AY-oo LEE-goo PAH-rah ah KAHR-lah ah-mahn-YAHNGI'll call Carla tomorrow.