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🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese · Fluency Level 3

PART 2 · LESSON 20 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

An Old Story

Leaving the farm, Grandma Nena gives Daniel the only photograph the rain left, and tells him when to come back. Say come here before you go I have something for you, the photograph that's the only one left, that's exactly why now it's yours, I can't accept, you can a new Brazilian needs an old story, we'll be back at Christmas, come back whenever you like whoever is family doesn't need an invitation, and the hen, the hen stays she's from here, and so am I now.

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THE STORY

At the gate of the farm in Minas Gerais, with the car packed, Grandma Nena says goodbye to Daniel, Bia and Alice and gives Daniel a photograph.

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Vem cá antes de ir. Tenho uma coisa para você.VAYNG KAH AHN-cheez djee EER. TEH-nyoo OO-mah KOY-zah PAH-rah voh-SEHCome here before you go. I have something for you.
A foto? Vó, essa é a única que sobrou.ah FOH-too. VOH, EH-sah eh ah OO-nee-kah kee soh-BROHThe photograph? Grandma, that's the only one left.
Por isso mesmo. Agora é sua.pohr EE-soo MEHZ-moo. ah-GOH-rah eh SOO-ahThat's exactly why. Now it's yours.
Eu não posso aceitar.eh-oo nowng POH-soo ah-say-TAHRI can't accept.
Pode, sim. Brasileiro novo precisa de uma história velha.POH-djee, SEENG. brah-zee-LAY-roo NOH-voo preh-SEE-zah djee OO-mah ees-TOH-ryah VEH-lyahYou can. A new Brazilian needs an old story.
Vó, a gente volta no Natal.VOH, ah ZHEN-chee VOHL-tah noo nah-TOWGrandma, we'll be back at Christmas.
Voltem quando quiserem. Quem é de casa não precisa de convite.VOHL-tayng KWAHN-doo kee-ZEH-rayng. kayng eh djee KAH-zah nowng preh-SEE-zah djee kohn-VEE-cheeCome back whenever you like. Whoever is family doesn't need an invitation.
E a galinha?ee ah gah-LEE-nyahAnd the hen?
A galinha fica. Ela é daqui.ah gah-LEE-nyah FEE-kah. EH-lah eh dah-KEEThe hen stays. She's from here.
Eu também, agora.eh-oo tahm-BAYNG, ah-GOH-rahSo am I, now.