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🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese · Fluency Level 1

PART 3 · LESSON 30 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Carioca by Heart

At sunset on the beach in Botafogo, with Sugarloaf in front of them, Bia reports what Alice told her class, and Daniel finds out what he is now. Say Alice told the whole class, she said Daddy is carioca, a carioca by heart, so you can't be born one, you can, you just arrive, and in Rio you arrive and you stay.

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THE STORY

At sunset on the beach in Botafogo, in Rio, with Sugarloaf across the bay and Alice building a castle at the water's edge, Bia tells Daniel what their daughter said at school.

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A Alice contou para a turma inteira hoje.ah ah-LEE-see kohn-TOH PAH-rah ah TOOR-mah een-TAY-rah OH-zheeAlice told the whole class today.
Contou o quê?kohn-TOH oo KAYTold them what?
Ela disse: meu pai é americano, mas é carioca.EH-lah DJEE-see: may-oo PIGH eh ah-meh-ree-KAH-noo, mahs eh kah-ree-OH-kahShe said: my daddy is American, but he's carioca.
Ela disse isso?EH-lah DJEE-see EE-sooShe said that?
Disse. E a professora perguntou como.DJEE-see. ee ah proh-feh-SOH-rah pehr-goon-TOH KOH-mooShe did. And the teacher asked how.
E ela?ee EH-lahAnd she?
Ela disse: carioca de coração.EH-lah DJEE-see: kah-ree-OH-kah djee koh-rah-SOWNGShe said: a carioca by heart.
Então não precisa nascer aqui?ayn-TOWNG nowng preh-SEE-zah nahs-SEHR ah-KEESo you don't have to be born here?
Pode nascer. Mas também pode chegar.POH-djee nahs-SEHR. mahs tahm-BAYNG POH-djee sheh-GAHRYou can be born here. But you can also arrive.
E no Rio, quem chega, fica.ee noo HEE-oo, kayng SHEH-gah, FEE-kahAnd in Rio, whoever arrives, stays.