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🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese · Fluency Level 2

PART 1 · LESSON 5 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

It's Nothing Personal

The owner of the building, Dona Ivone, comes in for a coffee she didn't order, and the first negotiation happens at the counter. Say I saw the video, it's nothing personal it's business, for me it's personal, the bank pays double and pays on time, I've never paid late in ten years, and a deal is a deal.

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THE STORY

At the counter of Rafael's cafe in Botafogo, in Rio, in the quiet hour after lunch, Dona Ivone, who owns the building, sits down for the first time in ten years, with Rafael behind the counter and Daniel on the next stool.

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Um cafezinho, por favor. Eu vi o vídeo.oong kah-feh-ZEE-nyoo, pohr fah-VOHR. AY-oo VEE oo VEE-djooA little coffee, please. I saw the video.
Metade de Botafogo viu, Dona Ivone.meh-TAH-djee djee boh-tah-FOH-goo VEE-oo, DOH-nah ee-VOH-neeHalf of Botafogo saw it, Dona Ivone.
Rafael, não é nada pessoal. É negócio.hah-fah-EW, nowng eh NAH-dah peh-soh-OW. eh neh-GOH-see-ooRafael, it's nothing personal. It's business.
Para mim é pessoal. Eu moro aqui dentro.PAH-rah MEENG eh peh-soh-OW. AY-oo MOH-roo ah-KEE DEN-trooFor me, it's personal. I live in here.
O banco paga o dobro, e paga em dia.oo BAHN-koo PAH-gah oo DOH-broo, ee PAH-gah ayng DJEE-ahThe bank pays double, and pays on time.
Eu nunca atrasei um dia em dez anos.AY-oo NOON-kah ah-trah-ZAY oong DJEE-ah ayng DEHZ AH-noosI've never paid a day late in ten years.
Dona Ivone, a senhora toma café no banco?DOH-nah ee-VOH-nee, ah seen-YOH-rah TOH-mah kah-FEH noo BAHN-kooDona Ivone, do you have coffee at the bank?
Isso não vem ao caso.EE-soo nowng VAYNG ow KAH-zooThat's beside the point.
Vem, sim. O combinado não sai caro.VAYNG, SEENG. oo kohm-bee-NAH-doo nowng SIGH KAH-rooIt is the point. A deal that's kept costs nobody anything.
O café está bom. Mas o aluguel está barato.oo kah-FEH ess-TAH BOHNG. mahs oo ah-loo-GEW ess-TAH bah-RAH-tooThe coffee is good. But the rent is cheap.