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🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese · Fluency Level 3

PART 2 · LESSON 12 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Same Step

The farm in Minas, Grandma Nena at the gate, Bia's cousin Livia with the room keys, and a step nobody has fixed in twelve years. Say they're here Grandma they're here, let me see this girl she's the size of her mother, Grandma she's six, I was six when I came to this farm, you don't change at all, I do now I only hear what I want to, you're in the back bedroom mind the step, the same step as at the wedding, twelve years and nobody's fixed it, and here we don't fix what still works.

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THE STORY

At the gate of the family farm in Minas Gerais, Grandma Nena and Bia's cousin Livia, who runs the farm now, welcome Daniel, Bia and Alice.

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Chegaram! Vó, chegaram!sheh-GAH-rowng. VOH, sheh-GAH-rowngThey're here! Grandma, they're here!
Deixa eu ver essa menina. Nossa, está do tamanho da mãe.DAY-shah eh-oo VEHR EH-sah meh-NEE-nah. NOH-sah, ees-TAH doo tah-MAH-nyoo dah MAYNGLet me see this girl. Wow, she's the size of her mother.
Vó, ela tem seis anos.VOH, EH-lah tayng SAYZ AH-noosGrandma, she's six.
Eu tinha seis quando vim para esta fazenda.eh-oo CHEE-nyah SAYS KWAHN-doo VEENG PAH-rah ES-tah fah-ZEN-dahI was six when I came to this farm.
A senhora não muda nada, vó.ah sen-YOH-rah nowng MOO-dah NAH-dah, VOHYou don't change at all, Grandma.
Mudo, sim. Agora eu ouço só o que eu quero.MOO-doo, SEENG. ah-GOH-rah eh-oo OH-soo SOH oo kee eh-oo KEH-rooI do. Now I only hear what I want to.
Vocês estão no quarto dos fundos. Cuidado com o degrau.voh-SEHZ ees-TOWNG noo KWAHR-too doos FOON-doos. kwee-DAH-doo kohng oo deh-GROWYou're in the back bedroom. Mind the step.
O mesmo degrau do casamento?oo MEHZ-moo deh-GROW doo kah-zah-MEN-tooThe same step as at the wedding?
O mesmo. Doze anos e ninguém consertou.oo MEHZ-moo. DOH-zee AH-nooz ee neen-GAYNG kohn-sehr-TOHThe same one. Twelve years and nobody's fixed it.
Aqui a gente não conserta o que ainda funciona.ah-KEE ah ZHEN-chee nowng kohn-SEHR-tah oo kee ah-EEN-dah foon-see-OH-nahHere we don't fix what still works.