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🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese · Fluency Level 2

PART 2 · LESSON 11 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Look Who Turned Up

Two years after they moved to Salvador, Luana and Thiago meet the Rio crowd at the airport, and the first saying of Bahia is about turning up. Say look who turned up, two years without seeing you, how she's grown, she's already taller than her mother, in Salvador nobody goes hungry, I only came for the acaraje, and is Amargosa far.

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THE STORY

At the arrivals hall of Salvador airport, in Bahia, Luana and Thiago, who moved there from Rio two years ago, meet Daniel, Bia, Carla and the two little girls.

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Olha quem apareceu! Quem é vivo sempre aparece.OH-lyah kayng ah-pah-reh-SEH-oo. kayng eh VEE-voo SEM-pree ah-pah-REH-seeLook who turned up! Those who are alive always turn up.
Dois anos, Luana. Dois anos sem ver vocês.DOYZ AH-noos, loo-AH-nah. DOYZ AH-noos sayng VEHR voh-SEHSTwo years, Luana. Two years without seeing you.
Cadê a Alice? Nossa, como ela cresceu!kah-DEH ah ah-LEE-see. NOH-sah, KOH-moo EH-lah kreh-SEH-ooWhere's Alice? Wow, how she's grown!
E a Maria? Já está maior que a mãe.ee ah mah-REE-ah. ZHAH ees-TAH mah-YOHR kee ah MAYNGAnd Maria? She's already taller than her mother.
Vocês estão com fome? Em Salvador ninguém passa fome.voh-SEHZ ees-TOWNG kohng FOH-mee. ayng sahl-vah-DOHR neen-GAYNG PAH-sah FOH-meeAre you hungry? In Salvador nobody goes hungry.
Eu vim só pelo acarajé.eh-oo VEENG SOH PEH-loo ah-kah-rah-ZHEHI only came for the acaraje.
Amanhã cedo a gente pega a estrada para Amargosa.ah-mah-NYAHNG SEH-doo ah ZHEN-chee PEH-gah ah ees-TRAH-dah PAH-rah ah-mahr-GOH-zahTomorrow early we hit the road to Amargosa.
Amargosa fica longe?ah-mahr-GOH-zah FEE-kah LOHN-zheeIs Amargosa far?
Duas horas. Três, com o Thiago dirigindo.DOO-ahz OH-rahs. TREHS, kohng oo chee-AH-goo djee-ree-ZHEEN-dooTwo hours. Three, with Thiago driving.