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🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese · Advanced Level 3

PART 1 · LESSON 10 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

A Letter for Each of You

After the seventh-day mass in the farm chapel, Grandma Nena has something to hand out before lunch. Say he planted more than he reaped, may he rest in peace, Zeca left a letter for each of you, when you thought he was asleep, and the bell is yours.

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THE STORY

In the chapel of the family farm in Minas, at the end of the seventh-day mass for Grandpa Zeca, the priest speaks, and then Grandma Nena stops the family before lunch.

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O Zeca viveu noventa e um anos nesta terra, e plantou mais do que colheu.oo ZEH-kah vee-VEH-oo noh-VEN-tah ee oong AH-noos NES-tah TEH-hah, ee plahn-TOH mighs doo kee koh-LYEH-ooZeca lived ninety-one years on this land, and planted more than he reaped.
Que ele descanse em paz.kee EH-lee des-KAHN-see ayng PIGHSMay he rest in peace.
Amém. Agora venham almoçar, que ele não gostava de missa comprida.ah-MAYNG. ah-GOH-rah VEN-yowng ahl-moh-SAHR, kee EH-lee nowng gos-TAH-vah djee MEE-sah kohm-PREE-dahAmen. Now come and have lunch, because he didn't like long masses.
Antes do almoço, uma coisa. O Zeca deixou uma carta para cada um.AHN-chees doo ahl-MOH-soo, OO-mah KOY-zah. oo ZEH-kah day-SHOH OO-mah KAHR-tah PAH-rah KAH-dah oongBefore lunch, one thing. Zeca left a letter for each of you.
Uma carta? Quando ele escreveu?OO-mah KAHR-tah? KWAHN-doo EH-lee es-kreh-VEH-ooA letter? When did he write them?
Nas últimas semanas, quando vocês achavam que ele estava dormindo.nahs OOL-chee-mahs seh-MAH-nahs, KWAHN-doo voh-SAYS ah-SHAH-vowng kee EH-lee ess-TAH-vah dohr-MEEN-dooIn the last weeks, when you thought he was asleep.
Tem uma para mim?tayng OO-mah PAH-rah MEENGIs there one for me?
Tem. Está escrito: para o americano.tayng. ess-TAH es-KREE-too: PAH-rah oo ah-meh-ree-KAH-nooThere is. It says, for the American.
O que diz a sua?oo kee DJEES ah SOO-ahWhat does yours say?
Diz: o sino é seu.DJEES: oo SEE-noo eh SAY-ooIt says, the bell is yours.