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🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese · Fluency Level 1

PART 3 · LESSON 23 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Little Words

Over Sunday breakfast, Bia counts the little words Daniel never uses, and shows him how a carioca fills a sentence. Say you speak well but it sounds like a book, cariocas put little words everywhere, right at the end to agree, so at the start to begin, like when you don't know how to say it, and you know, to check.

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THE STORY

At Sunday breakfast in the flat in Botafogo, in Rio, Bia tells Daniel what is still missing from his Portuguese after nine years, and gives him the little words that fill a carioca sentence.

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Você fala bem. Mas parece um livro.voh-SAY FAH-lah BAYNG. mahs pah-REH-see oong LEE-vrooYou speak well. But it sounds like a book.
Um livro?oong LEE-vrooA book?
Carioca bota palavrinha em tudo. Você não bota nenhuma.kah-ree-OH-kah BOH-tah pah-lah-VREE-nyah ayng TOO-doo. voh-SAY nowng BOH-tah neh-NYOO-mahCariocas put little words everywhere. You don't put any.
Que palavrinhas?kee pah-lah-VREE-nyahsWhich little words?
Né, no fim, para a pessoa concordar. Tá quente, né?NEH, noo FEENG, PAH-rah ah peh-SOH-ah kohn-kohr-DAHR. TAH KEN-chee, NEHRight, at the end, to make people agree. It's hot, right?
Então, no começo, para começar qualquer coisa. Então, eu fui lá.ayn-TOWNG, noo koh-MEH-soo, PAH-rah koh-meh-SAHR kwahl-KEHR KOY-zah. ayn-TOWNG, AY-oo FOO-ee LAHSo, at the start, to begin anything. So, I went there.
Tipo, quando você não sabe como dizer. É tipo um livro.CHEE-poo, KWAHN-doo voh-SAY nowng SAH-bee KOH-moo djee-ZEHR. eh CHEE-poo oong LEE-vrooLike, when you don't know how to say it. It's like a book.
E sabe, para ver se a pessoa tá acompanhando.ee SAH-bee, PAH-rah VEHR see ah peh-SOH-ah TAH ah-kohm-pah-NYAHN-dooAnd you know, to check that the person is following.
Então, tipo, eu falo bem, sabe? Né?ayn-TOWNG, CHEE-poo, AY-oo FAH-loo BAYNG, SAH-bee? NEHSo, like, I speak well, you know? Right?
Agora sim. Agora você é carioca.ah-GOH-rah SEENG. ah-GOH-rah voh-SAY eh kah-ree-OH-kahNow you are. Now you're carioca.