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🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese · Fluency Level 1

PART 3 · LESSON 27 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

So the Guy Walks In

At Seu Chico's, Daniel tells a story the carioca way for the first time, and it lands. Say so the guy walks in, right, with a sofa this size, I swear, and then the delivery man says, we take the door off, I died laughing, and you told that one well.

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THE STORY

At Seu Chico's bar in Botafogo, in Rio, on a Friday evening, Daniel tells Rafael and Seu Chico the story of Kevin's sofa, in the present tense and with his hands, the way a carioca tells a story.

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Então, o cara chega, né, com um sofá deste tamanho.ayn-TOWNG, oo KAH-rah SHEH-gah, NEH, kohng oong soh-FAH DES-chee tah-MAH-nyooSo, the guy walks in, right, with a sofa this size.
Deste tamanho?DES-chee tah-MAH-nyooThis size?
Juro. E o sofá não passa pela porta.ZHOO-roo. ee oo soh-FAH nowng PAH-sah PEH-lah POHR-tahI swear. And the sofa doesn't go through the door.
Não passa nunca. Eu já vi esse filme.nowng PAH-sah NOON-kah. AY-oo ZHAH VEE EH-see FEEL-meeIt never does. I've seen this film before.
Aí o Kevin fala: então leva de volta.ah-EE oo KEH-veen FAH-lah: ayn-TOWNG LEH-vah djee VOHL-tahThen Kevin says: then take it back.
Americano.ah-meh-ree-KAH-nooAmerican.
Aí o entregador olha para ele e fala: a gente tira a porta.ah-EE oo ayn-treh-gah-DOHR OH-lyah PAH-rah EH-lee ee FAH-lah: ah ZHEN-chee CHEE-rah ah POHR-tahThen the delivery man looks at him and says: we take the door off.
Morri de rir.moh-HEE djee HEERI died laughing.
Você contou essa bem, americano.voh-SAY kohn-TOH EH-sah BAYNG, ah-meh-ree-KAH-nooYou told that one well, American.
Agora ele conta história igual a gente.ah-GOH-rah EH-lee KOHN-tah ees-TOH-ryah ee-GWOW ah ZHEN-cheeNow he tells stories like one of us.