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🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese · Fluency Level 1

PART 3 · LESSON 29 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Hey, Boss

In a ride across town, the driver gives Daniel the full carioca small talk, from the traffic to the question every foreigner gets. Say hey boss where to, the traffic is crazy today, are you from here, from Chicago but you talk like a carioca, how many years, and nine years is more carioca than a lot of cariocas.

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THE STORY

In a ride-share car crossing Rio from Botafogo to the city centre, the driver, who has never met Daniel, gives him the small talk every passenger in Rio gets.

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E aí, chefe? Para onde?ee ah-EE, SHEH-fee? PAH-rah OHN-djeeHey, boss? Where to?
Centro, por favor. Perto da Candelária.SEN-troo, pohr fah-VOHR. PEHR-too dah kahn-deh-LAH-ryahThe centre, please. Near the Candelaria.
Vamos lá. O trânsito tá uma loucura hoje.VAH-moos LAH. oo TRAHN-zee-too TAH OO-mah loh-KOO-rah OH-zheeLet's go. The traffic is crazy today.
Tá sempre uma loucura.TAH SEM-pree OO-mah loh-KOO-rahIt's always crazy.
Verdade. O senhor é daqui?vehr-DAH-djee. oo seen-YOHR eh dah-KEETrue. Are you from here?
Moro aqui. Mas sou de Chicago.MOH-roo ah-KEE. mahs SOH djee shee-KAH-gooI live here. But I'm from Chicago.
De Chicago? Mas fala igual carioca!djee shee-KAH-goo? mahs FAH-lah ee-GWOW kah-ree-OH-kahFrom Chicago? But you talk like a carioca!
Nove anos, e uma filha que me corrige.NOH-vee AH-noos, ee OO-mah FEE-lyah kee mee koh-HEE-zheeNine years, and a daughter who corrects me.
Nove anos é mais carioca que muito carioca.NOH-vee AH-noos eh mighs kah-ree-OH-kah kee MWEEN-too kah-ree-OH-kahNine years is more carioca than a lot of cariocas.
Então me dá um desconto, chefe.ayn-TOWNG mee DAH oong des-KOHN-too, SHEH-feeThen give me a discount, boss.