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🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese · Fluency Level 3

PART 2 · LESSON 17 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Hen Laid Right

The cake under the mango tree, ninety candles, and a speech of two minutes from the family's official speech-maker. Say everyone the cake Grandma come and blow out the candles, ninety candles somebody call the fire brigade, I'll blow them out but first my grandson speaks, me again, you're the family's official speech-maker two minutes, you arrived here with a suitcase and a hen, today there are a hundred and twenty people under your mango tree the hen laid right, two minutes now the candles, all at once Grandma, and uai I did.

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THE STORY

At the ninetieth birthday party under the mango tree at the farm in Minas Gerais, Grandma Nena makes Daniel speak before she blows out ninety candles.

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Gente, o bolo! Vó, vem apagar as velas.ZHEN-chee, oo BOH-loo. VOH, VAYNG ah-pah-GAHR ahs VEH-lahsEveryone, the cake! Grandma, come and blow out the candles.
Noventa velas. Alguém chama os bombeiros.noh-VEN-tah VEH-lahs. ahl-GAYNG SHAH-mah ooz bohm-BAY-roosNinety candles. Somebody call the fire brigade.
Eu apago. Mas antes, o meu neto fala.eh-oo ah-PAH-goo. mahz AHN-chees, oo may-oo NEH-too FAH-lahI'll blow them out. But first, my grandson speaks.
Eu? De novo?EH-oo. djee NOH-vooMe? Again?
Você é o discursador oficial da família. Dois minutos.voh-SEH eh oo djees-koor-sah-DOHR oh-fee-see-OW dah fah-MEE-lyah. DOYS mee-NOO-toosYou're the family's official speech-maker. Two minutes.
Vó, a senhora chegou aqui com uma mala e uma galinha.VOH, ah sen-YOH-rah sheh-GOH ah-KEE kohng OO-mah MAH-lah ee OO-mah gah-LEE-nyahGrandma, you arrived here with a suitcase and a hen.
Hoje tem cento e vinte pessoas debaixo da sua mangueira. A galinha botou certo.OH-zhee tayng SEN-too ee VEEN-chee peh-SOH-ahz deh-BIGH-shoo dah SOO-ah mahn-GAY-rah. ah gah-LEE-nyah boh-TOH SEHR-tooToday there are a hundred and twenty people under your mango tree. The hen laid right.
Dois minutos. Agora as velas.DOYS mee-NOO-toos. ah-GOH-rah ahs VEH-lahsTwo minutes. Now the candles.
Todas de uma vez, vó!TOH-dahz djee OO-mah VEHS, VOHAll at once, Grandma!
Uai. Apaguei.oo-IGH. ah-pah-GAYUai. I did.