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🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese · Fluency Level 2

PART 3 · LESSON 25 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Half a Word

The morning of the wedding, Daniel has six pages of speech and Bia has a red pen. Say how many pages, six but the handwriting is big, this comes to twenty, what do I cut, the part about your childhood nobody married your childhood, and the part about the cafe, stays it's where you met Carla, and the joke about Sao Paulo, for the love of God his mother is a judge, and a word to the wise is enough.

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THE STORY

In the kitchen of the flat in Rio, on the morning of Carla's wedding, Bia cuts Daniel's speech from six pages to one.

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Quantas páginas?KWAHN-tahs PAH-zhee-nahsHow many pages?
Seis. Mas a letra é grande.SAYS. mahz ah LEH-trah eh GRAHN-djeeSix. But the handwriting is big.
Cinco minutos, Daniel. Isso aqui dá vinte.SEEN-koo mee-NOO-toos, dah-nee-EW. EE-soo ah-KEE DAH VEEN-cheeFive minutes, Daniel. This comes to twenty.
O que eu corto?oo kee eh-oo KOHR-tooWhat do I cut?
A parte da sua infância. Ninguém casou com a sua infância.ah PAHR-chee dah SOO-ah een-FAHN-syah. neen-GAYNG kah-ZOH kohng ah SOO-ah een-FAHN-syahThe part about your childhood. Nobody married your childhood.
E a parte do café?ee ah PAHR-chee doo kah-FEHAnd the part about the cafe?
Fica. É onde você conheceu a Carla.FEE-kah. eh OHN-djee voh-SEH koh-nyeh-SEH-oo ah KAHR-lahStays. It's where you met Carla.
E a piada sobre São Paulo?ee ah pee-AH-dah SOH-bree sowng POW-looAnd the joke about Sao Paulo?
Pelo amor de Deus. A mãe dele é juíza.PEH-loo ah-MOHR djee DEH-oos. ah MAYNG DEH-lee eh zhoo-EE-zahFor the love of God. His mother is a judge.
Tá bom. Para bom entendedor, meia palavra basta.tah BOHNG. PAH-rah BOHNG en-ten-deh-DOHR, MAY-ah pah-LAH-vrah BAHS-tahAll right. A word to the wise is enough.