Brazilian Portuguese

Over Sunday lunch, Rafael has an offer for Daniel, and Bia makes sure he says yes.

At the samba school's hall, Tia Zelia, who runs Rafael's section, meets Daniel and finds out how much of the samba he knows.

At the school's costume workshop, Daniel tries on his costume for the parade, and Tia Zelia makes it fit.

At the last rehearsal before Carnival, Tia Zelia drills her section on the street, and Daniel gets most of the corrections.

Over coffee on the balcony, Bia gives Daniel a lesson in carioca teasing before he parades in front of his whole section.

On Carnival Saturday morning, Daniel, Bia and little Alice follow a street band through Botafogo with Carla.

At two in the morning in the holding area behind the Sambadrome, Daniel waits with his section for the school to go on.

On the avenue of the Sambadrome, in the middle of the parade, Tia Zelia and Rafael shout their last instructions to Daniel over the drums.

On Ash Wednesday, the whole section watches the judges' scores being read out on television at Rafael's flat.

At the bar on the corner, a week after Carnival, Rafael thanks Daniel the carioca way, and Seu Chico, who owns the bar, has an opinion.

Kevin, a colleague from Chicago, lands in Rio for three months, and his first carioca phrase goes wrong before he leaves the airport.

At the door of the building, Seu Jorge, Rafael and Carla finally corner Daniel about the one thing he has never decided in nine years in Rio.

At Seu Chico's bar, Daniel and Kevin order the carioca way, and Kevin learns that the last beer is never the last.

At the office, Kevin reports on his first week of Portuguese, and Daniel translates what people actually meant.

On Sunday morning, Daniel announces his team to Bia, and gets the welcome every new supporter gets.

Outside the Maracana, Rafael walks Daniel and Kevin through the ritual of a first match, from the ticket to the anthem.

Inside the Maracana, in the second half, Daniel, Kevin and Rafael live through ninety minutes of Botafogo.

Kevin's new sofa won't go through the door of his flat, and the delivery man and Daniel show him the Brazilian art of finding a way.

At the office, Paula praises Kevin's report in a tone he doesn't hear, and Daniel has to explain irony.

At Kevin's farewell barbecue on the roof, he says goodbye the carioca way, and everyone notices.

At bedtime, Bia reports what their five-year-old daughter said about Daniel's Portuguese, and the lesson is about the one letter he still can't say.

At a parents' meeting, Alice's teacher gives Daniel a lesson in the vocabulary of five-year-old cariocas.

Over Sunday breakfast, Bia counts the little words Daniel never uses, and shows him how a carioca fills a sentence.

At the school gate, a mother invites Daniel and Bia over, and on the way home Bia explains the difference between an invitation and a real one.

Daniel tries to book a table for ten at Seu Chico's on a Friday, and has to read three different answers.

At Alice's sixth birthday party, Daniel receives the parents at the door, and Fabiana, who came on Saturday at four as promised, teaches him the small talk of a children's party.

At Seu Chico's, Daniel tells a story the carioca way for the first time, and it lands.

On a video call with his mother in Chicago, Daniel's two languages get mixed up, and Bia keeps the score.

In a ride across town, the driver gives Daniel the full carioca small talk, from the traffic to the question every foreigner gets.

At sunset on the beach in Botafogo, with Sugarloaf in front of them, Bia reports what Alice told her class, and Daniel finds out what he is now.