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🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese · Advanced Level 2

PART 1 · LESSON 3 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Whatever Happens, I'm Home on Friday

Monday the sixth of January, twenty thirty-one, four in the morning in Botafogo, the alarm, the taxi downstairs and the six o'clock flight, the first of a year of Mondays. At ten, in the office by the river, Edson has the coffee on and a list, and Daniel makes two calls, to Larissa, who has said no to Sao Paulo once already, and to Rodrigo, who says yes before the sentence is finished. At eight, on video, Alice's first day back at the daycare, where Maria has moved up again. On Friday, Pipoca came back up from the seventh floor with a new blanket, and on Sunday, at the cafe, Carla said who collects Alice at five. Say "whatever happens", "whatever it costs" and "be that as it may", with the verb twice.

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THE STORY

Monday the sixth of January, twenty thirty-one, four in the morning, the kitchen in Botafogo. The alarm has just gone off. Alice, thirteen months old, is asleep in the yellow room, Pipoca is on the sofa on a new blanket from the seventh floor, and the taxi is on its way. The six o'clock flight lands before nine, and Fernanda wants Daniel in the office by the river at ten, where Edson has the coffee on, a list, and two calls to make. At eight that night, on video, Alice's first day back at the daycare. This is the conversation you'll be able to say by the end of the lesson.

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lá embaixolah aym-BY-shoodownstairs, word for word there below
O táxi já está lá embaixo?oo TAHK-see zhah ehs-TAH lah aym-BY-shooIs the taxi downstairs already?
aconteça o que acontecerah-kohn-TEH-sah oo kee ah-kohn-teh-SEHRwhatever happens, word for word happen what may happen
Aconteça o que acontecer, na sexta eu estou em casa.ah-kohn-TEH-sah oo kee ah-kohn-teh-SEHR, nah SAYS-tah EH-oo ehs-TOH ayng KAH-zahWhatever happens, on Friday I'm home.
Bem-vindo de volta, visse?bayng-VEEN-doo djee VAWL-tah, VEE-seeWelcome back, you hear?
tudo o que faltaTOO-doo oo kee FOW-taheverything that's missing
Tudo o que falta para abrir em março.TOO-doo oo kee FOW-tah PAH-rah ah-BREER ayng MAR-sooEverything that's still missing, to open in March.
A vaga é sua. A partir de três de fevereiro.ah VAH-gah eh SOO-ah. ah pahr-TCHEER djee trays djee feh-veh-RAY-rooThe job is yours. From the third of February.
Eu já disse não para São Paulo uma vez.EH-oo zhah DJEE-see nowng PAH-rah sowng POW-loo OO-mah vaysI've already said no to Sao Paulo once.
custe o que custarKOOS-tchee oo kee koos-TARwhatever it costs, word for word cost what it may cost

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