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🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese · Advanced Level 3

PART 3 · LESSON 25 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

For Twelve Floors, Not for Zero

Daniel and Dona Marta take the petition to the bakery on the corner, and Dona Neide, who owns it, is not sure. Say we came to ask for your signature, twenty floors is four hundred families buying bread here, you're right in part, three years of dust and lorries at the door, and we're not against the work, we're against the twenty floors.

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THE STORY

In the bakery on the corner in Botafogo, in Rio, Daniel and Dona Marta ask the owner, Dona Neide, to sign the residents' petition against the tower.

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Dona Neide, a gente veio pedir a sua assinatura.DOH-nah NAY-djee, ah ZHEN-chee VAY-oo peh-DJEER ah SOO-ah ah-see-nah-TOO-rahDona Neide, we came to ask for your signature.
Contra a torre? Eu não sei, Dona Marta.KOHN-trah ah TOH-hee? AY-oo nowng SAY, DOH-nah MAHR-tahAgainst the tower? I don't know, Dona Marta.
Vinte andares são quatrocentas famílias comprando pão aqui.VEEN-chee ahn-DAH-rees sowng kwah-troh-SEN-tahs fah-MEE-lyahs kohm-PRAHN-doo POWNG ah-KEETwenty floors is four hundred families buying bread here.
A senhora tem razão em parte.ah seen-YOH-rah tayng hah-ZOWNG ayng PAHR-cheeYou're right, in part.
Mas a obra dura três anos. Três anos de poeira e caminhão na porta.mahs ah OH-brah DOO-rah TREHS AH-noos. TREHS AH-noos djee poh-AY-rah ee kah-mee-NYOWNG nah POHR-tahBut the work lasts three years. Three years of dust and lorries at the door.
Isso é verdade.EE-soo eh vehr-DAH-djeeThat's true.
E depois, quem compra pão vai ao mercado da torre, não aqui.ee deh-POYS, kayng KOHM-prah POWNG vigh ow mehr-KAH-doo dah TOH-hee, nowng ah-KEEAnd afterwards, whoever buys bread goes to the tower's supermarket, not here.
A senhora acha?ah seen-YOH-rah AH-shahYou think so?
A gente não é contra a obra. É contra os vinte andares.ah ZHEN-chee nowng eh KOHN-trah ah OH-brah. eh KOHN-trah ooz VEEN-chee ahn-DAH-reesWe're not against the work. We're against the twenty floors.
Então eu assino. Mas por doze andares, não por zero.ayn-TOWNG AY-oo ah-SEE-noo. mahs pohr DOH-zee ahn-DAH-rees, nowng pohr ZEH-rooThen I'll sign. But for twelve floors, not for zero.