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🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese · Advanced Level 3

PART 1 · LESSON 6 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Everyone Does What They Can

At the farm's kitchen table, the family divides up the weeks of looking after Grandpa Zeca. Say let's divide up the weeks, I can't miss work, I work from anywhere, it's already arranged, everyone does what they can, and nobody keeps count of who did more.

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THE STORY

At the kitchen table of the family farm in Minas, Bia's uncle Geraldo, who runs the farm, her aunt Lurdes, up from Belo Horizonte, her mother Rosa, Bia and Daniel divide up the weeks of looking after Grandpa Zeca.

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Vamos dividir as semanas. Quem fica com a primeira?VAH-moos djee-vee-DJEER ahs seh-MAH-nahs. kayng FEE-kah kohng ah pree-MAY-rahLet's divide up the weeks. Who takes the first?
Eu fico. Eu já estou aqui.AY-oo FEE-koo. AY-oo ZHAH ess-TOH ah-KEEI will. I'm already here.
Eu não posso faltar ao trabalho. Só nos fins de semana.AY-oo nowng POH-soo fahl-TAHR ow trah-BAH-lyoo. SOH noos FEENGS djee seh-MAH-nahI can't miss work. Only at weekends.
Eu cuido do café de dia e fico com ele de noite.AY-oo KWEE-doo doo kah-FEH djee DJEE-ah ee FEE-koo kohng EH-lee djee NOY-cheeI look after the coffee by day and stay with him at night.
A gente pode ficar a segunda semana.ah ZHEN-chee POH-djee fee-KAHR ah seh-GOON-dah seh-MAH-nahWe can take the second week.
Eu trabalho de qualquer lugar. Só preciso de internet.AY-oo trah-BAH-lyoo djee kwahl-KEHR loo-GAHR. SOH preh-SEE-zoo djee een-tehr-NEH-cheeI work from anywhere. I just need internet.
E a Alice? Ela não vai para a escola?ee ah ah-LEE-see? EH-lah nowng vigh PAH-rah ah es-KOH-lahAnd Alice? Isn't she going to school?
Ela fica com a Carla no Rio. Já está combinado.EH-lah FEE-kah kohng ah KAHR-lah noo HEE-oo. ZHAH ess-TAH kohm-bee-NAH-dooShe's staying with Carla in Rio. It's already arranged.
Então está decidido. Cada um faz o que pode.ayn-TOWNG ess-TAH deh-see-DJEE-doo. KAH-dah oong FIGHS oo kee POH-djeeThen it's decided. Everyone does what they can.
E ninguém fica contando quem fez mais.ee neen-GAYNG FEE-kah kohn-TAHN-doo kayng FEHZ MIGHSAnd nobody keeps count of who did more.