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🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese · Fluency Level 3

PART 3 · LESSON 23 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

One of Each Colour

Daniel brings Seu Jorge a coffee from the cafe and asks for one story out of thirty-two years, and gets the night Alice was born. Say you must have seen everything, a doorman sees everything and tells nothing, not even for someone who's leaving, for you I'll tell one the night Alice was born, I ran out without keys and without a wallet, and without shoes you were in flip-flops one of each colour, nobody told me that, I called the taxi paid for the taxi and kept the key, I never paid you back, and you did with six years of good mornings from Alice.

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THE STORY

At the door of the building on the corner in Botafogo, in Rio, with a coffee from Rafael's cafe, Daniel asks Seu Jorge for one story from his thirty-two years.

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Trinta e dois anos. O senhor deve ter visto de tudo.TREEN-tah ee DOYZ AH-noos. oo sen-YOHR DEH-vee TEHR VEES-too djee TOO-dooThirty-two years. You must have seen everything.
Porteiro vê tudo e não conta nada. É a regra.pohr-TAY-roo VEH TOO-doo ee nowng KOHN-tah NAH-dah. eh ah HEH-grahA doorman sees everything and tells nothing. That's the rule.
Nem para quem está indo embora?nayng PAH-rah kayng ees-TAH EEN-doo em-BOH-rahNot even for someone who's leaving?
Para o senhor eu conto uma. A noite em que a Alice nasceu.PAH-rah oo sen-YOHR eh-oo KOHN-too OO-mah. ah NOY-chee ayng kee ah ah-LEE-see nah-SEH-ooFor you I'll tell one. The night Alice was born.
Eu saí correndo sem chave e sem carteira.eh-oo sah-EE koh-HEN-doo sayng SHAH-vee ee sayng kahr-TAY-rahI ran out without keys and without a wallet.
E sem sapato. O senhor estava de chinelo, um de cada cor.ee sayng sah-PAH-too. oo sen-YOHR es-TAH-vah djee shee-NEH-loo, oong djee KAH-dah KOHRAnd without shoes. You were in flip-flops, one of each colour.
Ninguém me contou isso.neen-GAYNG mee kohn-TOH EE-sooNobody told me that.
Eu chamei o táxi, paguei o táxi e guardei a chave.eh-oo shah-MAY oo TAHK-see, pah-GAY oo TAHK-see ee gwahr-DAY ah SHAH-veeI called the taxi, paid for the taxi and kept the key.
Seu Jorge, eu nunca paguei o senhor de volta.say-oo ZHOHR-zhee, eh-oo NOON-kah pah-GAY oo sen-YOHR djee VOHL-tahSeu Jorge, I never paid you back.
Pagou, sim. Com seis anos de bom dia da Alice.pah-GOH, SEENG. kohng SAYZ AH-nooz djee bohng DJEE-ah dah ah-LEE-seeYou did. With six years of good mornings from Alice.