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🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese · Fluency Level 1

PART 2 · LESSON 18 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

There's Always a Way

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. Say it doesn't fit, it doesn't go through the door, there's always a way, we take the door off, who's going to take the door off, I am, and that's the famous jeitinho.

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THE STORY

In the corridor outside Kevin's rented flat in Botafogo, in Rio, a delivery man, Daniel and Kevin stand around a sofa that is wider than the door.

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Não cabe. Não passa pela porta.nowng KAH-bee. nowng PAH-sah PEH-lah POHR-tahIt doesn't fit. It doesn't go through the door.
Como não passa? Eu medi a sala!KOH-moo nowng PAH-sah? AY-oo meh-DJEE ah SAH-lahWhat do you mean it doesn't go through? I measured the room!
A sala, sim. A porta, não.ah SAH-lah, SEENG. ah POHR-tah, NOWNGThe room, yes. The door, no.
Então leva de volta.ayn-TOWNG LEH-vah djee VOHL-tahThen take it back.
Calma, Kevin. Sempre tem um jeito.KAHL-mah, KEH-veen. SEM-pree tayng oong ZHAY-tooCalm down, Kevin. There's always a way.
Tem. A gente tira a porta. Cinco minutos.TAYNG. ah ZHEN-chee CHEE-rah ah POHR-tah. SEEN-koo mee-NOO-toosThere is. We take the door off. Five minutes.
Tira a porta? Quem vai tirar a porta?CHEE-rah ah POHR-tah? kayng vigh chee-RAHR ah POHR-tahTake the door off? Who's going to take the door off?
Eu. O senhor tem uma chave de fenda?AY-oo. oo seen-YOHR tayng OO-mah SHAH-vee djee FEN-dahI am. Do you have a screwdriver?
Esse é o famoso jeitinho, Kevin.EH-see eh oo fah-MOH-zoo zhay-CHEE-nyoo, KEH-veenThat's the famous jeitinho, Kevin.
Isso não estava no meu dicionário também.EE-soo nowng ess-TAH-vah noo may-oo djee-see-oh-NAH-ryoo tahm-BAYNGThat wasn't in my dictionary either.