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🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese · Fluency Level 2

PART 3 · LESSON 30 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

You Reap What You Sow

The morning after the wedding, at the cafe that was going to be a bank, Dona Ivone wants her coffee and Carla comes to say goodbye. Say nine o'clock where's my little coffee, coming you danced until four, I'm seventy-two years old not seventy-two problems, we just came by to say goodbye the flight is at noon, already, I'm back in March, a year ago this was going to become a bank branch, you reap what you sow, and whoever pays the rent on time too, and speaking of which today is the fifth.

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THE STORY

At Rafael's cafe in Botafogo, in Rio, at nine the morning after the wedding, Dona Ivone has her coffee, Carla and Andre stop by on the way to the airport, and the year comes round.

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Nove horas. Cadê o meu cafezinho?NOH-vee OH-rahs. kah-DEH oo may-oo kah-feh-ZEE-nyooNine o'clock. Where's my little coffee?
Saindo, Dona Ivone. A senhora dançou até as quatro.sah-EEN-doo, DOH-nah ee-VOH-nee. ah sen-YOH-rah dahn-SOH ah-TEH ahs KWAH-trooComing, Dona Ivone. You danced until four.
E daí? Eu tenho setenta e dois anos, não setenta e dois problemas.ee dah-EE. eh-oo TEH-nyoo seh-TEN-tah ee DOYZ AH-noos, nowng seh-TEN-tah ee DOYS proh-BLEH-mahsSo what? I'm seventy-two years old, not seventy-two problems.
A gente só passou para se despedir. O voo é ao meio-dia.ah ZHEN-chee SOH pah-SOH PAH-rah see des-peh-DJEER. oo VOH-oo eh ow MAY-oo DJEE-ahWe just came by to say goodbye. The flight is at noon.
Já?ZHAHAlready?
Tudo que é bom dura pouco. Mas eu volto em março.TOO-doo kee eh BOHNG DOO-rah POH-koo. mahz eh-oo VOHL-too ayng MAHR-sooAll good things come to an end. But I'm back in March.
Um ano atrás, isso aqui ia virar uma agência.oong AH-noo ah-TRAHS, EE-soo ah-KEE EE-ah vee-RAHR OO-mah ah-ZHEN-syahA year ago, this was going to become a bank branch.
Quem planta colhe.kayng PLAHN-tah KOH-lyeeYou reap what you sow.
Quem planta colhe. E quem paga o aluguel em dia, também.kayng PLAHN-tah KOH-lyee. ee kayng PAH-gah oo ah-loo-GEW ayng DJEE-ah, tahm-BAYNGYou reap what you sow. And whoever pays the rent on time, too.
Falando nisso, hoje é dia cinco.fah-LAHN-doo NEE-soo, OH-zhee eh DJEE-ah SEEN-kooSpeaking of which, today is the fifth.