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🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese · Fluency Level 3

PART 2 · LESSON 13 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Uai

Bia's cousin Caio gives Daniel a lesson in the Portuguese of Minas, where things are trains, people are so, and every surprise is uai. Say pass me that train over there, which train, the train there on the table the coffee pot, in Minas everything is a train, and what's uai, uai is uai, use it when you're surprised or when you're not, so, Rio has the little words and Minas has these, and you learned it right so.

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THE STORY

In the kitchen of the farm in Minas Gerais, Bia's cousin Caio and his wife Livia teach Daniel the words that make Portuguese sound mineiro.

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Daniel, me passa aquele trem ali.dah-nee-EW, mee PAH-sah ah-KEH-lee TRAYNG ah-LEEDaniel, pass me that train over there.
Que trem?kee TRAYNGWhich train?
O trem ali na mesa. O bule.oo TRAYNG ah-LEE nah MEH-zah. oo BOO-leeThe train there on the table. The coffee pot.
Em Minas, tudo é trem.ayng MEE-nahs, TOO-doo eh TRAYNGIn Minas, everything is a train.
E o que é uai?ee oo kee eh oo-IGHAnd what's uai?
Uai é uai.oo-IGH eh oo-IGHUai is uai.
Você usa quando está surpreso. Ou quando não está.voh-SEH OO-zah KWAHN-doo ees-TAH soor-PREH-zoo. oh KWAHN-doo nowng ees-TAHYou use it when you're surprised. Or when you're not.
E sô, no fim da frase, é como a gente termina.ee SOH, noo FEENG dah FRAH-zee, eh KOH-moo ah ZHEN-chee tehr-MEE-nahAnd so, at the end of the sentence, is how we finish.
O Rio tem as palavrinhas, e Minas tem essas.oo HEE-oo tayng ahs pah-lah-VREE-nyahs, ee MEE-nahs tayng EH-sahsRio has the little words, and Minas has these.
Aprendeu direitinho, sô.ah-pren-DEH-oo djee-ray-CHEE-nyoo, SOHYou learned it right, so.