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🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese · Fluency Level 1

PART 3 · LESSON 22 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Cool, Boring, Awesome

At a parents' meeting, Alice's teacher gives Daniel a lesson in the vocabulary of five-year-old cariocas. Say Alice is doing very well, she has a big vocabulary, cool, boring, awesome, she says it's boring when it's time for maths, everything good is awesome, and the children teach me words every week.

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THE STORY

In a classroom at Alice's school in Botafogo, in Rio, at the parents' meeting, Tia Renata, Alice's teacher, tells Daniel how Alice is doing, and what she says.

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A Alice vai muito bem. Ela tem um vocabulário enorme.ah ah-LEE-see vigh MWEEN-too BAYNG. EH-lah tayng oong voh-kah-boo-LAH-ryoo eh-NOHR-meeAlice is doing very well. She has a big vocabulary.
Que bom. Que palavras, por exemplo?kee BOHNG. kee pah-LAH-vrahs, pohr eh-ZEM-plooGood. Which words, for example?
Maneiro. Chato. Massa. Irado.mah-NAY-roo. SHAH-too. MAH-sah. ee-RAH-dooCool. Boring. Awesome. Wicked.
Isso é vocabulário?EE-soo eh voh-kah-boo-LAH-ryooThat's vocabulary?
Em Botafogo, é. Ela diz que é chato quando é hora da matemática.ayng boh-tah-FOH-goo, EH. EH-lah DJEES kee eh SHAH-too KWAHN-doo eh OH-rah dah mah-teh-MAH-chee-kahIn Botafogo, it is. She says it's boring when it's maths time.
E o resto?ee oo HES-tooAnd the rest?
Para ela, tudo que é bom é massa. E o recreio é irado.PAH-rah EH-lah, TOO-doo kee eh BOHNG eh MAH-sah. ee oo heh-KRAY-oo eh ee-RAH-dooFor her, everything good is awesome. And break time is wicked.
Ela aprendeu isso aqui?EH-lah ah-pren-DEH-oo EE-soo ah-KEEShe learned that here?
Aqui e na rua. As crianças me ensinam palavras toda semana.ah-KEE ee nah HOO-ah. ahs kree-AHN-sahs mee ayn-SEE-nowng pah-LAH-vrahs TOH-dah seh-MAH-nahHere and on the street. The children teach me words every week.
Então agora eu vou aprender com a minha filha.ayn-TOWNG ah-GOH-rah AY-oo voh ah-pren-DEHR kohng ah MEE-nyah FEE-lyahThen now I'm going to learn from my daughter.