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🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese · Fluency Level 3

PART 2 · LESSON 15 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Ninety Candles

Livia and Daniel order the birthday cake at the bakery in town, three tiers, dulce de leche, and ninety real candles. Say we've come to order Grandma's cake, ninety for how many people, about a hundred and twenty, then it's three tiers filling, dulce de leche she won't accept another, a true mineira, ninety real ones or a nine and a zero, she's going to want to blow them all out, she'll manage I know Dona Nena, delivery Saturday at four before the rain, and if it rains the cake arrives anyway.

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THE STORY

At the bakery in the small town near the farm in Minas Gerais, Livia and Daniel order Grandma Nena's ninetieth birthday cake from Dona Zilda.

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Dona Zilda, viemos encomendar o bolo da vó.DOH-nah ZEEW-dah, vee-EH-mooz en-koh-men-DAHR oo BOH-loo dah VOHDona Zilda, we've come to order Grandma's cake.
Noventa anos! Para quantas pessoas?noh-VEN-tah AH-noos. PAH-rah KWAHN-tahs peh-SOH-ahsNinety! For how many people?
Umas cento e vinte.OO-mahs SEN-too ee VEEN-cheeAbout a hundred and twenty.
Então são três andares. Recheio?en-TOWNG sowng TREHZ ahn-DAH-rees. heh-SHAY-ooThen it's three tiers. Filling?
Doce de leite. Ela não aceita outro.DOH-see djee LAY-chee. EH-lah nowng ah-SAY-tah OH-trooDulce de leche. She won't accept another.
Mineira de verdade. E as velas? Noventa de verdade ou um nove e um zero?mee-NAY-rah djee vehr-DAH-djee. ee ahs VEH-lahs. noh-VEN-tah djee vehr-DAH-djee oh oong NOH-vee ee oong ZEH-rooA true mineira. And the candles? Ninety real ones or a nine and a zero?
Noventa. Ela vai querer apagar todas.noh-VEN-tah. EH-lah vigh keh-REHR ah-pah-GAHR TOH-dahsNinety. She's going to want to blow them all out.
Vai conseguir. Eu conheço a Dona Nena.vigh kohn-seh-GHEER. eh-oo koh-NYEH-soo ah DOH-nah NEH-nahShe'll manage. I know Dona Nena.
Entrega sábado às quatro. Antes da chuva.en-TREH-gah SAH-bah-doo ahs KWAH-troo. AHN-cheez dah SHOO-vahDelivery Saturday at four. Before the rain.
Se chover, o bolo chega de qualquer jeito.see shoh-VEHR, oo BOH-loo SHEH-gah djee kwahl-KEHR ZHAY-tooIf it rains, the cake arrives anyway.