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🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese · Advanced Level 2

PART 1 · LESSON 7 OF 30 · 31 MINUTES

If It Weren't for Thiago

Saturday the first of March, twenty thirty-one, three days after Carnival, lunch at the flat in Botafogo. Luana and Thiago bring Maria, and news. His company is sending him back to Salvador for good, she has found work there, his mother lives ten minutes away, and they move at the end of April. Alice's mother hears "here, we have nobody" and takes it personally, then doesn't; Thiago talks about Salvador as if Rio didn't exist, and this time there's a reason; Alice, almost fifteen months, has a second word, and it is no. At four, the cafe on Sol Street, where Jorge has a forecast and Rafael a rule about godfathers. Say "we're moving to Salvador, in April", "if it weren't for Thiago, I'd stay in Rio my whole life" and "her second word is no".

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Saturday the first of March, twenty thirty-one, one in the afternoon, the flat in Botafogo, three days after Carnival. Lunch is on the table, Maria and Alice are on the floor with Pipoca, and Luana and Thiago have news they wanted to give in person. At four, Daniel and his wife walk to the cafe on Sol Street, where Jorge is at the door of number seventeen with a forecast, and Rafael has a rule about godfathers. This is the conversation you'll be able to say by the end of the lesson.

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de vezdjee vaysfor good, word for word of once
me mandou de voltamee mahn-DOH djee VAWL-tahsent me back
A empresa me mandou de volta para Salvador. De vez.ah aym-PRAY-zah mee mahn-DOH djee VAWL-tah PAH-rah sahw-vah-DOR. djee vaysThe company has sent me back to Salvador. For good.
se mudarsee moo-DARto move house
A gente vai se mudar para Salvador. Em abril.ah ZHAYN-tchee vy see moo-DAR PAH-rah sahw-vah-DOR. ayng ah-BREEWWe are moving to Salvador. In April.
eu já arrumei trabalho láEH-oo zhah ah-hoo-MAY trah-BAH-lyoo lahI've already found work there
a mãe dele mora a dez minutosah MAYNG DEH-lee MAW-rah ah dehs mee-NOO-tooshis mother lives ten minutes away
Lá, a mãe dele ajuda. Aqui, a gente não tem ninguém.lah, ah MAYNG DEH-lee ah-ZHOO-dah. ah-KEE, ah ZHAYN-tchee nowng tayng neeng-GAYNGThere, his mother helps. Here, we have nobody.
vocês ajudamvoh-SAYS ah-ZHOO-downgyou all help
outra coisaOH-trah KOY-zahsomething else, word for word another thing

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