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🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese · Fluency Level 2

PART 1 · LESSON 3 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Grain by Grain

The regulars at Rafael's cafe hear the news, and Seu Jorge and Dona Marta have an idea older than crowdfunding. Say the cafe might close, over my dead body, let's do a whip-round, everyone gives what they can, a lawyer and a new coffee machine, grain by grain the hen fills her crop, and I'll put in the first hundred.

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THE STORY

At the counter of Rafael's cafe in Botafogo, in Rio, at eight in the morning, Daniel tells the regulars, Seu Jorge and Dona Marta, what the landlord's letter said, and the regulars answer.

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Gente, o café pode fechar em dezembro.ZHEN-chee, oo kah-FEH POH-djee feh-SHAHR ayng deh-ZEM-brooEveryone, the cafe might close in December.
Fechar? Só por cima do meu cadáver.feh-SHAHR? SOH pohr SEE-mah doo may-oo kah-DAH-vehrClose? Over my dead body.
O que aconteceu?oo kee ah-kohn-teh-SEH-ooWhat happened?
A dona do prédio quer o dobro do aluguel.ah DOH-nah doo PREH-djoo kehr oo DOH-broo doo ah-loo-GEWThe owner of the building wants double the rent.
Então vamos fazer uma vaquinha. Cada um dá o que pode.ayn-TOWNG VAH-moos fah-ZEHR OO-mah vah-KEE-nyah. KAH-dah oong DAH oo kee POH-djeeThen let's do a whip-round. Everyone gives what they can.
Dona Marta, eu não posso aceitar.DOH-nah MAHR-tah, AY-oo nowng POH-soo ah-say-TAHRDona Marta, I can't accept.
Não é para você. É para o advogado, e para uma máquina de café nova.nowng eh PAH-rah voh-SAY. eh PAH-rah oo ahd-voh-GAH-doo, ee PAH-rah OO-mah MAH-kee-nah djee kah-FEH NOH-vahIt's not for you. It's for the lawyer, and for a new coffee machine.
Essa máquina faz barulho de caminhão.EH-sah MAH-kee-nah FIGHS bah-ROO-lyoo djee kah-mee-NYOWNGThat machine sounds like a lorry.
De grão em grão a galinha enche o papo.djee GROWNG ayng GROWNG ah gah-LEE-nyah EN-shee oo PAH-pooGrain by grain, the hen fills her crop.
Isso. E eu boto os primeiros cem.EE-soo. ee AY-oo BOH-too oos pree-MAY-roos SAYNGThat's it. And I'll put in the first hundred.