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🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese · Fluency Level 2

PART 3 · LESSON 26 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

What Is Yours

Twenty minutes before the ceremony, the groom is late and the bride's hand is shaking. Say he's late twenty minutes, traffic Saturday in December in Santa Teresa, and what if he changed his mind, he came from Sao Paulo in a suit in the middle of summer, my hand is shaking, what's yours is kept for you, the groom's arrived two minutes, how do I look, beautiful now breathe, and we go in in pairs slowly.

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THE STORY

In the bride's room of the party house in Santa Teresa, in Rio, twenty minutes before the ceremony, Daniel and Bia keep Carla calm while Andre is stuck in traffic.

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Ele está atrasado. Vinte minutos.EH-lee ees-TAH ah-trah-ZAH-doo. VEEN-chee mee-NOO-toosHe's late. Twenty minutes.
Trânsito. Sábado, em dezembro, em Santa Teresa.TRAHN-zee-too. SAH-bah-doo, ayng deh-ZEM-broo, ayng SAHN-tah teh-REH-zahTraffic. Saturday, in December, in Santa Teresa.
E se ele desistiu?ee see EH-lee deh-zees-CHEE-ooAnd what if he changed his mind?
Carla, ele veio de São Paulo de terno em pleno verão. Ele não desistiu.KAHR-lah, EH-lee VAY-oo djee sowng POW-loo djee TEHR-noo ayng PLEH-noo veh-ROWNG. EH-lee nowng deh-zees-CHEE-ooCarla, he came from Sao Paulo in a suit in the middle of summer. He hasn't changed his mind.
Minha mão está tremendo.MEE-nyah MOWNG ees-TAH treh-MEN-dooMy hand is shaking.
O que é seu está guardado.oo kee eh SEH-oo ees-TAH gwahr-DAH-dooWhat's yours is kept for you.
O noivo chegou! Dois minutos.oo NOY-voo sheh-GOH. DOYS mee-NOO-toosThe groom's arrived! Two minutes.
Como eu estou?KOH-moo eh-oo ees-TOHHow do I look?
Linda. Agora respira.LEEN-dah. ah-GOH-rah hes-PEE-rahBeautiful. Now breathe.
E a gente entra em pares, devagar.ee ah ZHEN-chee EN-trah ayng PAH-rees, deh-vah-GAHRAnd we go in in pairs, slowly.