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🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese · Fluency Level 2

PART 3 · LESSON 22 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Face, Not the Heart

Andre, the groom from Sao Paulo, comes to the cafe in a suit, and wins Rafael over in two sentences. Say pleased to meet you, Carla talks about you all the time, in a suit at the beach in December, we're born in a suit, what will you have, filter no sugar if you have it, you're one of mine, my father has had a bakery for forty years, you can get married, you see the face not the heart, and can I take the jacket off now.

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THE STORY

At Rafael's cafe in Botafogo, in Rio, in December, Carla's fiance Andre arrives from Sao Paulo in a suit to meet Daniel, Bia and Rafael for the first time.

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Muito prazer. André. A Carla fala de vocês o tempo todo.MOOY-too prah-ZEHR. ahn-DREH. ah KAHR-lah FAH-lah djee voh-SEHZ oo TEM-poo TOH-dooPleased to meet you. Andre. Carla talks about you all the time.
De terno, na praia, em dezembro?djee TEHR-noo, nah PRIGH-ah, ayng deh-ZEM-brooIn a suit, at the beach, in December?
Vim direto do aeroporto. E sou de São Paulo, a gente nasce de terno.VEENG djee-REH-too doo ah-eh-roh-POHR-too. ee soh djee sowng POW-loo, ah ZHEN-chee NAH-see djee TEHR-nooI came straight from the airport. And I'm from Sao Paulo, we're born in a suit.
Senta. O que você vai tomar?SEN-tah. oo kee voh-SEH vigh toh-MAHRSit down. What will you have?
Um café. Coado, sem açúcar, se tiver.oong kah-FEH. koh-AH-doo, sayng ah-SOO-kahr, see chee-VEHRA coffee. Filter, no sugar, if you have it.
Só tem coado aqui. Você é dos meus.SOH tayng koh-AH-doo ah-KEE. voh-SEH eh dooz MEH-oosThere's only filter here. You're one of mine.
Meu pai tem uma padaria na Mooca há quarenta anos.may-oo PIGH tayng OO-mah pah-dah-REE-ah nah MOH-kah AH kwah-REN-tah AH-noosMy father has had a bakery in Mooca for forty years.
Carla, pode casar.KAHR-lah, POH-djee kah-ZAHRCarla, you can get married.
Quem vê cara não vê coração.kayng VEH KAH-rah nowng VEH koh-rah-SOWNGYou see the face, not the heart.
E posso tirar o paletó agora?ee POH-soo chee-RAHR oo pah-leh-TOH ah-GOH-rahAnd can I take the jacket off now?