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🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese · Fluency Level 3

PART 2 · LESSON 19 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Approved Means Yes

The morning after the party, Daniel's phone won't stop ringing, and the email from the Federal Police is one word long. Say your phone won't stop ringing, it must be my mother again, it isn't it's an email from the Federal Police, you open it I can't, naturalisation file approved, approved means yes, you're Brazilian Daniel, didn't I say then you passed, uai so this calls for cachaca, and not at ten in the morning this calls for coffee.

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THE STORY

In the kitchen of the farm in Minas Gerais, the morning after the ninetieth birthday, Bia opens an email from the Federal Police in front of Daniel, Livia, Caio and Grandma Nena.

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Daniel, o seu telefone não para de tocar.dah-nee-EW, oo say-oo teh-leh-FOH-nee nowng PAH-rah djee toh-KAHRDaniel, your phone won't stop ringing.
Deve ser a minha mãe de novo.DEH-vee SEHR ah MEE-nyah MAYNG djee NOH-vooIt must be my mother again.
Não é. É um e-mail da Polícia Federal.nowng EH. eh oong ee-MAYW dah poh-LEE-syah feh-deh-RAWIt isn't. It's an email from the Federal Police.
Abre você. Eu não consigo.AH-bree voh-SEH. eh-oo nowng kohn-SEE-gooYou open it. I can't.
Processo de naturalização: deferido.proh-SEH-soo djee nah-too-rah-lee-zah-SOWNG: deh-feh-REE-dooNaturalisation file: approved.
Deferido é sim?deh-feh-REE-doo eh SEENGApproved means yes?
Deferido é sim. Você é brasileiro, Daniel.deh-feh-REE-doo eh SEENG. voh-SEH eh brah-zee-LAY-roo, dah-nee-EWApproved means yes. You're Brazilian, Daniel.
Eu não disse? Então você passou.eh-oo nowng DJEE-see. en-TOWNG voh-SEH pah-SOHDidn't I say? Then you passed.
Uai, sô! Isso pede cachaça.oo-IGH, SOH. EE-soo PEH-djee kah-SHAH-sahUai, so! This calls for cachaca.
Às dez da manhã, não. Isso pede café.ahz DEHZ dah mah-NYAHNG, NOWNG. EE-soo PEH-djee kah-FEHNot at ten in the morning. This calls for coffee.