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🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese · Advanced Level 3

PART 2 · LESSON 17 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Two Minutes Each

The talk about the farm turns into a fight between Aunt Lurdes and Uncle Geraldo, and Daniel steps in with a rule. Say you were always Father's favourite, enough both of you, everyone speaks for two minutes and nobody interrupts, I want to sell so we don't fight, and then you want the same thing.

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THE STORY

In the kitchen of the family farm in Minas, late at night, Aunt Lurdes and Uncle Geraldo finally say what they think of each other, and Daniel, with Dona Rosa, tries to turn the fight back into a conversation.

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Você sempre foi o preferido do pai!voh-SAY SEM-pree FOY oo preh-feh-REE-doo doo PIGHYou were always Father's favourite!
E você sempre foi a primeira a ir embora!ee voh-SAY SEM-pree FOY ah pree-MAY-rah ah EER ayn-BOH-rahAnd you were always the first to leave!
Chega! Os dois!SHEH-gah! ooz DOYSEnough! Both of you!
Com licença. Posso dar uma sugestão?kohng lee-SEN-sah. POH-soo DAHR OO-mah soo-zhes-TOWNGExcuse me. May I make a suggestion?
Cada um fala dois minutos, e ninguém interrompe.KAH-dah oong FAH-lah DOYS mee-NOO-toos, ee neen-GAYNG een-teh-HOHM-peeEveryone speaks for two minutes, and nobody interrupts.
Está bem. Eu não quero vender por dinheiro. Quero vender para não brigar.ess-TAH BAYNG. AY-oo nowng KEH-roo ven-DEHR pohr djee-NYAY-roo. KEH-roo ven-DEHR PAH-rah nowng bree-GAHRAll right. I don't want to sell for the money. I want to sell so we don't fight.
E eu não quero ficar por teimosia. Quero ficar porque é a minha vida.ee AY-oo nowng KEH-roo fee-KAHR pohr tay-moh-ZEE-ah. KEH-roo fee-KAHR pohr-KEH eh ah MEE-nyah VEE-dahAnd I don't want to stay out of stubbornness. I want to stay because it's my life.
Então vocês querem a mesma coisa. Não perder a família.ayn-TOWNG voh-SAYS KEH-rayng ah MEZ-mah KOY-zah. nowng pehr-DEHR ah fah-MEE-lyahThen you want the same thing. Not to lose the family.
O americano tem razão.oo ah-meh-ree-KAH-noo tayng hah-ZOWNGThe American is right.
Tem. Agora passa o café, Geraldo.tayng. ah-GOH-rah PAH-sah oo kah-FEH, zheh-RAHL-dooHe is. Now pass the coffee, Geraldo.