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🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese · Advanced Level 3

PART 2 · LESSON 14 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Offer Stands

Seu Olavo, from the next farm, comes to make an offer for the land, and Uncle Geraldo and Daniel hear him out. Say I came to talk business, if the family wants to sell I'll buy, an offer doesn't hurt anyone, I'll pay the market value in cash, the spring goes with the land, and the offer stands until the end of the month.

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THE STORY

At the gate of the family farm in Minas, Seu Olavo, the neighbour from the next farm, gets out of his pickup to talk to Uncle Geraldo and Daniel about buying the land.

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Geraldo, eu vim falar de negócio.zheh-RAHL-doo, AY-oo VEENG fah-LAHR djee neh-GOH-see-ooGeraldo, I came to talk business.
Se a família quiser vender, eu compro.see ah fah-MEE-lyah kee-ZEHR ven-DEHR, AY-oo KOHM-prooIf the family wants to sell, I'll buy.
A família ainda não decidiu nada, Seu Olavo.ah fah-MEE-lyah ah-EEN-dah nowng deh-see-DJEE-oo NAH-dah, say-oo oh-LAH-vooThe family hasn't decided anything yet, Seu Olavo.
Eu sei. Mas uma proposta não faz mal a ninguém.AY-oo SAY. mahs OO-mah proh-POHS-tah nowng FIGHS MOW ah neen-GAYNGI know. But an offer doesn't hurt anyone.
Pago o valor de mercado, à vista. Terra, casa e cafezal.PAH-goo oo vah-LOHR djee mehr-KAH-doo, ah VEES-tah. TEH-hah, KAH-zah ee kah-feh-ZOWI'll pay the market value, in cash. Land, house and coffee grove.
E a nascente?ee ah nah-SEN-cheeAnd the spring?
A nascente fica com a terra. Água é o que vale.ah nah-SEN-chee FEE-kah kohng ah TEH-hah. AH-gwah eh oo kee VAH-leeThe spring goes with the land. Water is what's worth something.
O senhor fala como o meu pai.oo seen-YOHR FAH-lah KOH-moo oo may-oo PIGHYou talk like my father.
Aprendi com ele. A proposta está de pé até o fim do mês.ah-pren-DJEE kohng EH-lee. ah proh-POHS-tah ess-TAH djee PEH ah-TEH oo FEENG doo MAYSI learned from him. The offer stands until the end of the month.
A gente leva a proposta para a família.ah ZHEN-chee LEH-vah ah proh-POHS-tah PAH-rah ah fah-MEE-lyahWe'll take the offer to the family.