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🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese · Fluency Level 3

PART 2 · LESSON 11 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Welcome to Minas

Three hours on the road to the farm, a sleeping child with a calendar, and the sign that says the cheese bread starts here. Say do you want me to drive you've been at it for three hours, I'm fine I just need a coffee, stop at the next service station Minas begins at the cheese bread, has Alice fallen asleep, she fell asleep with the calendar in her hand, what if it comes out while we're at the farm, then we celebrate twice, look at the sign welcome to Minas Gerais, slow down from here to the farm it's all bends, and slowly one goes far.

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THE STORY

On the highway from Rio to the family farm in Minas Gerais, Daniel drives, Bia navigates, and Alice sleeps in the back with the calendar of the wait.

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Você quer que eu dirija? Você está há três horas.voh-SEH KEHR kee eh-oo djee-REE-zhah. voh-SEH ees-TAH AH TREHZ OH-rahsDo you want me to drive? You've been at it for three hours.
Tô bem. Só preciso de um café.TOH BAYNG. SOH preh-SEE-zoo djee oong kah-FEHI'm fine. I just need a coffee.
Então para no próximo posto. Minas começa no pão de queijo.en-TOWNG PAH-rah noo PROH-see-moo POHS-too. MEE-nahs koh-MEH-sah noo POWNG djee KAY-zhooThen stop at the next service station. Minas begins at the cheese bread.
A Alice dormiu?ah ah-LEE-see dohr-MEE-ooHas Alice fallen asleep?
Dormiu com o calendário na mão. Dia cento e cinquenta e dois.dohr-MEE-oo kohng oo kah-len-DAH-ryoo nah MOWNG. DJEE-ah SEN-too ee seen-KWEN-tah ee DOYSShe fell asleep with the calendar in her hand. Day a hundred and fifty-two.
E se sair enquanto a gente estiver na fazenda?ee see sah-EER en-KWAHN-too ah ZHEN-chee es-chee-VEHR nah fah-ZEN-dahAnd what if it comes out while we're at the farm?
Aí a gente comemora duas vezes.ah-EE ah ZHEN-chee koh-meh-MOH-rah DOO-ahs VEH-zeesThen we celebrate twice.
Olha a placa: Bem-vindo a Minas Gerais.OH-lyah ah PLAH-kah: bayng-VEEN-doo ah MEE-nahz zheh-RIGHSLook at the sign: Welcome to Minas Gerais.
Agora sim. Diminui, que daqui até a fazenda é tudo curva.ah-GOH-rah SEENG. djee-mee-NOO-ee, kee dah-KEE ah-TEH ah fah-ZEN-dah eh TOO-doo KOOR-vahNow we're talking. Slow down, from here to the farm it's all bends.
Devagar se vai ao longe.deh-vah-GAHR see VIGH ow LOHN-zheeSlowly one goes far.