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Ten years to the day after he came back to stay, Daniel tells Bia he wants to become Brazilian. Say today it's ten years since I came back to stay, you still say I came back as if it were yesterday, I've decided something, I want to apply for naturalisation, you want to become Brazilian with the papers and everything, with a voter's card and all, you'll have to sit a Portuguese exam, I've spent ten years sitting Portuguese exams, and she's been correcting you since she was three.

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Lesson 1 · Papers and Everything

Brazilian Portuguese · 30 minutes

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At dinner in the flat in Botafogo, in Rio, ten years to the day after Daniel came back to stay, he tells Bia he wants to apply for Brazilian citizenship.

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Bia, hoje faz dez anos que eu voltei para ficar.BEE-ah, OH-zhee FAHZ DEHZ AH-noos kee eh-oo vohl-TAY PAH-rah fee-KAHRBia, today it's ten years since I came back to stay.
Dez anos. E você ainda diz voltei como se fosse ontem.DEHZ AH-noos. ee voh-SEH ah-EEN-dah DJEES vohl-TAY KOH-moo see FOH-see OHN-tayngTen years. And you still say I came back as if it were yesterday.
Eu decidi uma coisa. Quero pedir a naturalização.eh-oo deh-see-DJEE OO-mah KOY-zah. KEH-roo peh-DJEER ah nah-too-rah-lee-zah-SOWNGI've decided something. I want to apply for naturalisation.
Você quer virar brasileiro? De papel passado?voh-SEH KEHR vee-RAHR brah-zee-LAY-roo. djee pah-PEW pah-SAH-dooYou want to become Brazilian? With the papers and everything?
De papel passado. Com título de eleitor e tudo.djee pah-PEW pah-SAH-doo. kohng CHEE-too-loo djee eh-lay-TOHR ee TOO-dooPapers and everything. With a voter's card and all.
Você sabe que vai ter que fazer prova de português, né?voh-SEH SAH-bee kee vigh TEHR kee fah-ZEHR PROH-vah djee pohr-too-GEHS, NEHYou know you'll have to sit a Portuguese exam, right?
Eu passei dez anos fazendo prova de português. Todo dia.eh-oo pah-SAY DEHZ AH-noos fah-ZEN-doo PROH-vah djee pohr-too-GEHS. TOH-doo DJEE-ahI've spent ten years sitting Portuguese exams. Every day.
E a Alice vai ser a sua professora. Ela já se ofereceu.ee ah ah-LEE-see vigh SEHR ah SOO-ah proh-feh-SOH-rah. EH-lah ZHAH see oh-feh-reh-SEH-ooAnd Alice is going to be your teacher. She's already volunteered.
Ela tem seis anos.EH-lah tayng SAYZ AH-noosShe's six.
E corrige você desde os três.ee koh-HEE-zhee voh-SEH DEZ-djee oos TREHSAnd she's been correcting you since she was three.