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🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese · Fluency Level 3

PART 3 · LESSON 27 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Polling Station Two Twelve

Three weeks a Brazilian, Daniel goes for his voter's card, and gives his fingerprints to a third institution. Say first voter's card, first I've been Brazilian for three weeks, congratulations fingerprints please, again the Federal Police already have mine, the Electoral Court wants its own, that sentence I already know, you know that voting is compulsory right, I do and that the election is in October, then we'll see each other in October polling station two hundred and twelve, and I'll bring my daughter she'll teach me to vote.

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THE STORY

At the electoral office in Rio, three weeks after the ceremony, a clerk gives Daniel his voter's card, his fingerprints and his polling station.

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Primeiro título?pree-MAY-roo CHEE-too-looFirst voter's card?
Primeiro. Sou brasileiro há três semanas.pree-MAY-roo. soh brah-zee-LAY-roo AH TREHS seh-MAH-nahsFirst. I've been Brazilian for three weeks.
Parabéns. Digitais, por favor.pah-rah-BAYNGS. djee-zhee-TIGHS, pohr fah-VOHRCongratulations. Fingerprints, please.
De novo? A Polícia Federal já tem as minhas.djee NOH-voo. ah poh-LEE-syah feh-deh-RAW ZHAH tayng ahz MEE-nyahsAgain? The Federal Police already have mine.
A Justiça Eleitoral quer as dela. Aperta, não empurra.ah zhoos-CHEE-sah eh-lay-toh-RAW KEHR ahz DEH-lah. ah-PEHR-tah, nowng em-POO-hahThe Electoral Court wants its own. Press, don't push.
Essa frase eu já conheço.EH-sah FRAH-zee eh-oo ZHAH koh-NYEH-sooThat sentence I already know.
O senhor sabe que votar é obrigatório, né?oo sen-YOHR SAH-bee kee voh-TAHR eh oh-bree-gah-TOH-ryoo, NEHYou know that voting is compulsory, right?
Sei. E que a eleição é em outubro.SAY. ee kee ah eh-lay-SOWNG eh ayng oh-TOO-brooI do. And that the election is in October.
Então nos vemos em outubro. Seção duzentos e doze.en-TOWNG nooz VEH-mooz ayng oh-TOO-broo. seh-SOWNG doo-ZEN-tooz ee DOH-zeeThen we'll see each other in October. Polling station two hundred and twelve.
Eu levo a minha filha. Ela ensina a votar.eh-oo LEH-voo ah MEE-nyah FEE-lyah. EH-lah en-SEE-nah ah voh-TAHRI'll bring my daughter. She'll teach me to vote.