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🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese · Fluency Level 3

PART 2 · LESSON 18 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Whoever Has a Mother

After the party, neither Daniel nor Grandma Nena can sleep, and on the porch she gives him two pieces of advice, one for the file and one for Chicago. Say can't you sleep either, the party's still in my head, at ninety you don't sleep you make the most of it, are you happy Grandma, I am and I have a piece of advice for your file, go ahead, when they ask where you're from say where my daughter was born, I already said that in the exam, then you passed, and call your mother tomorrow whoever has a living mother calls.

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THE STORY

On the porch of the farm in Minas Gerais, at two in the morning after the party, Grandma Nena and Daniel sit up together and she gives him her advice.

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Não consegue dormir também?nowng kohn-SEH-ghee dohr-MEER tahm-BAYNGCan't you sleep either?
A festa ainda está na minha cabeça. E a senhora?ah FES-tah ah-EEN-dah ees-TAH nah MEE-nyah kah-BEH-sah. ee ah sen-YOH-rahThe party's still in my head. And you?
Noventa anos a gente não dorme. A gente aproveita.noh-VEN-tah AH-nooz ah ZHEN-chee nowng DOHR-mee. ah ZHEN-chee ah-proh-VAY-tahAt ninety, you don't sleep. You make the most of it.
A senhora está feliz, vó?ah sen-YOH-rah ees-TAH feh-LEES, VOHAre you happy, Grandma?
Estou. E tenho um conselho para o seu processo.ees-TOH. ee TEH-nyoo oong kohn-SEH-lyoo PAH-rah oo say-oo proh-SEH-sooI am. And I have a piece of advice for your file.
Pode falar.POH-djee fah-LAHRGo ahead.
Quando perguntarem de onde você é, não diz Chicago. Diz: de onde a minha filha nasceu.KWAHN-doo pehr-goon-TAH-rayng djee OHN-djee voh-SEH EH, nowng DJEES shee-KAH-goo. DJEES: djee OHN-djee ah MEE-nyah FEE-lyah nah-SEH-ooWhen they ask where you're from, don't say Chicago. Say: where my daughter was born.
Já disse isso na prova.ZHAH DJEE-see EE-soo nah PROH-vahI already said that in the exam.
Então você passou.en-TOWNG voh-SEH pah-SOHThen you passed.
E liga para a sua mãe amanhã. Quem tem mãe viva, liga.ee LEE-gah PAH-rah ah SOO-ah MAYNG ah-mah-NYAHNG. kayng tayng MAYNG VEE-vah, LEE-gahAnd call your mother tomorrow. Whoever has a living mother calls.