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🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese · Fluency Level 1

PART 2 · LESSON 12 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

A Team of the Heart

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. Say nine years in Rio and still no team, you can't live without a team, a team is of the heart you don't choose it, Flamengo is the people's team, and whoever changes teams is a turncoat.

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THE STORY

At the door of the building in Botafogo, in Rio, on a Saturday morning, Seu Jorge the doorman, Rafael and Carla all have an opinion about which football team Daniel should support.

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Nove anos no Rio e ainda sem time, Seu Daniel?NOH-vee AH-noos noo HEE-oo ee ah-EEN-dah sayng CHEE-mee, say-oo dahn-YEWNine years in Rio and still no team, Seu Daniel?
Eu gosto de todos, Seu Jorge.AY-oo GOS-too djee TOH-doos, say-oo ZHOHR-zheeI like them all, Seu Jorge.
Isso não existe. Não dá para morar no Rio sem time.EE-soo nowng eh-ZEES-chee. nowng DAH PAH-rah moh-RAHR noo HEE-oo sayng CHEE-meeThat doesn't exist. You can't live in Rio without a team.
Vasco, cara. Time de tradição.VAHS-koo, KAH-rah. CHEE-mee djee trah-djee-SOWNGVasco, man. A team with tradition.
Fluminense. Time de gente fina.floo-mee-NEN-see. CHEE-mee djee ZHEN-chee FEE-nahFluminense. A team for refined people.
Flamengo é o time do povo. Quarenta milhões de torcedores.flah-MEN-goo eh oo CHEE-mee doo POH-voo. kwah-REN-tah mee-LYOYNGS djee tohr-seh-DOH-reesFlamengo is the people's team. Forty million supporters.
E se eu escolher errado?ee see AY-oo es-koh-LYEHR eh-HAH-dooAnd if I choose wrong?
Time é do coração. Não se escolhe.CHEE-mee eh doo koh-rah-SOWNG. nowng see es-KOH-lyeeA team is of the heart. You don't choose it.
E quem troca de time é vira-casaca. Para sempre.ee kayng TROH-kah djee CHEE-mee eh VEE-rah-kah-ZAH-kah. PAH-rah SEM-preeAnd whoever changes teams is a turncoat. For ever.
Tá bom. Até domingo eu decido.TAH BOHNG. ah-TEH doh-MEEN-goo AY-oo deh-SEE-dooAll right. I'll decide by Sunday.