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🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese · Advanced Level 3

PART 3 · LESSON 30 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Then You're Farmers Too

On the roof terrace, the building celebrates the view it kept, and Grandma Nena, visiting Rio for the first time in years, gives her opinion of the city. Say a toast to those who fought for the view, the one who found it was Seu Jorge, I only asked questions, there's no coffee hill there's a hill of stone, nobody plants that hill but we defend it, and then you're farmers too.

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THE STORY

On the roof terrace of the building in Botafogo, in Rio, with Sugarloaf in front of them, the residents celebrate the news about the tower, and Grandma Nena, up from the farm for the weekend, sees the city with her own eyes.

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Atenção, vizinhos! Um brinde a quem lutou pela vista!ah-ten-SOWNG, vee-ZEE-nyoos! oong BREEN-djee ah kayng loo-TOH PEH-lah VEES-tahAttention, neighbours! A toast to those who fought for the view!
E ao americano que descobriu a placa.ee ow ah-meh-ree-KAH-noo kee des-koh-BREE-oo ah PLAH-kahAnd to the American who found the sign.
Quem descobriu foi o Seu Jorge. Eu só fiz perguntas.kayng des-koh-BREE-oo foy oo say-oo ZHOHR-zhee. AY-oo SOH FEEZ pehr-GOON-tahsThe one who found it was Seu Jorge. I only asked questions.
Pergunta ele faz até no cartório.pehr-GOON-tah EH-lee FIGHS ah-TEH noo kahr-TOH-ryooHe asks questions even at the registry office.
Vó, o que a senhora achou do Rio?VAW, oo kee ah seen-YOH-rah ah-SHOH doo HEE-ooGrandma, what did you think of Rio?
Bonito. Mas não tem morro de café. Tem morro de pedra.boh-NEE-too. mahs nowng tayng MOH-hoo djee kah-FEH. tayng MOH-hoo djee PEH-drahPretty. But there's no coffee hill. There's a hill of stone.
Esse morro ninguém planta, Vó Nena. Mas a gente defende.EH-see MOH-hoo neen-GAYNG PLAHN-tah, VAW NEH-nah. mahs ah ZHEN-chee deh-FEN-djeeNobody plants that hill, Grandma Nena. But we defend it.
Então vocês são lavradores também.ayn-TOWNG voh-SAYS sowng lah-vrah-DOH-rees tahm-BAYNGThen you're farmers too.
Saúde!sah-OO-djeeCheers!
À vista, à família, e a quem fica.ah VEES-tah, ah fah-MEE-lyah, ee ah kayng FEE-kahTo the view, to the family, and to whoever stays.