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🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese · Fluency Level 3

PART 2 · LESSON 16 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Under the Mango Tree

The morning of the party, Grandma Nena directs the farm from the porch, and insists on cooking the chicken herself. Say the big table goes under the mango tree, under the mango tree mangoes fall on your head, then mangoes fall it's October, and the sound system, far from the cake and near me I want to hear the viola, you're not cooking today, the chicken with okra is mine to make it's been ninety years, eighty-four at most, are you counting my years now, and I learned from Alice.

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THE STORY

On the morning of the ninetieth birthday party at the farm in Minas Gerais, Grandma Nena gives Caio, Livia and Daniel their orders from the porch.

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Caio, a mesa grande vai debaixo da mangueira.KIGH-oo, ah MEH-zah GRAHN-djee vigh deh-BIGH-shoo dah mahn-GAY-rahCaio, the big table goes under the mango tree.
Vó, debaixo da mangueira cai manga na cabeça.VOH, deh-BIGH-shoo dah mahn-GAY-rah KIGH MAHN-gah nah kah-BEH-sahGrandma, under the mango tree mangoes fall on your head.
Então cai manga. É outubro.en-TOWNG KIGH MAHN-gah. eh oh-TOO-brooThen mangoes fall. It's October.
E o som?ee oo SOHNGAnd the sound system?
Longe do bolo e perto de mim. Eu quero ouvir a viola.LOHN-zhee doo BOH-loo ee PEHR-too djee MEENG. eh-oo KEH-roo oh-VEER ah vee-OH-lahFar from the cake and near me. I want to hear the viola.
Vó, a senhora não vai cozinhar hoje.VOH, ah sen-YOH-rah nowng vigh koh-zee-NYAHR OH-zheeGrandma, you're not cooking today.
O frango com quiabo sou eu que faço. Faz noventa anos.oo FRAHN-goo kohng kee-AH-boo soh eh-oo kee FAH-soo. FAHZ noh-VEN-tah AH-noosThe chicken with okra is mine to make. It's been ninety years.
Oitenta e quatro, no máximo.oy-TEN-tah ee KWAH-troo, noo MAH-see-mooEighty-four, at most.
Você está contando os meus anos agora?voh-SEH ees-TAH kohn-TAHN-doo ooz MEH-ooz AH-nooz ah-GOH-rahAre you counting my years now?
Aprendi com a Alice.ah-pren-DJEE kohng ah ah-LEE-seeI learned from Alice.