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🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese · Fluency Level 3

PART 2 · LESSON 14 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Where the Hen Lays

On the porch, Grandma Nena opens the one album the rain didn't take and shows Daniel the day she arrived at the farm, with a suitcase and a hen. Say sit here I'm going to show you something, an album, the only one left the rain took the rest in sixty-seven, who's this girl in the white dress, it's me the day I arrived six years old a suitcase and a hen, a hen, my mother said where the hen lays that's home, and she laid here, on the first day that's why I never left, and then I need a hen too.

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THE STORY

On the porch of the farm in Minas Gerais, in the afternoon, Grandma Nena shows Daniel the photograph of the day she arrived there, eighty-four years ago.

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Senta aqui. Vou te mostrar uma coisa.SEN-tah ah-KEE. voh chee mohs-TRAHR OO-mah KOY-zahSit here. I'm going to show you something.
Um álbum?oong AHL-boongAn album?
O único que sobrou. O resto a chuva levou, em sessenta e sete.oo OO-nee-koo kee soh-BROH. oo HES-too ah SHOO-vah leh-VOH, ayng seh-SEN-tah ee SEH-cheeThe only one left. The rain took the rest, in sixty-seven.
Quem é essa menina de vestido branco?kayng eh EH-sah meh-NEE-nah djee ves-CHEE-doo BRAHN-kooWho's this girl in the white dress?
Sou eu, no dia em que cheguei. Seis anos, uma mala e uma galinha.soh EH-oo, noo DJEE-ah ayng kee sheh-GAY. SAYZ AH-noos, OO-mah MAH-lah ee OO-mah gah-LEE-nyahIt's me, the day I arrived. Six years old, a suitcase and a hen.
Uma galinha?OO-mah gah-LEE-nyahA hen?
Minha mãe disse: onde a galinha botar, é casa.MEE-nyah MAYNG DJEE-see: OHN-djee ah gah-LEE-nyah boh-TAHR, eh KAH-zahMy mother said: where the hen lays, that's home.
E ela botou aqui.ee EH-lah boh-TOH ah-KEEAnd she laid here.
No primeiro dia. Por isso eu nunca saí.noo pree-MAY-roo DJEE-ah. pohr EE-soo eh-oo NOON-kah sah-EEOn the first day. That's why I never left.
Então eu também preciso de uma galinha.en-TOWNG eh-oo tahm-BAYNG preh-SEE-zoo djee OO-mah gah-LEE-nyahThen I need a hen too.