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🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese · Fluency Level 3

PART 1 · LESSON 4 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

International Bureaucracy

Daniel calls the United States Consulate for his FBI record and discovers that the Brazilian police will take his fingerprints for the American police. Say United States Consulate good morning, I need an FBI criminal record, are you an American citizen, I am but I've lived in Brazil for ten years, then it's online with the fingerprints, where do I get the fingerprints taken, at the Federal Police itself they do it, so the Brazilian police take my fingerprints for the American police, welcome to international bureaucracy, and I'm one of the house.

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On the phone from the flat in Rio, Daniel asks the United States Consulate how to get his FBI criminal record for the Brazilian naturalisation file.

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Consulado dos Estados Unidos, bom dia.kohn-soo-LAH-doo dooz es-TAH-dooz oo-NEE-doos, bohng DJEE-ahUnited States Consulate, good morning.
Bom dia. Eu preciso de antecedentes criminais do FBI.bohng DJEE-ah. eh-oo preh-SEE-zoo djee ahn-teh-seh-DEN-cheez kree-mee-NIGHS doo EH-fee BEE EEGood morning. I need an FBI criminal record.
O senhor é cidadão americano?oo sen-YOHR eh see-dah-DOWNG ah-meh-ree-KAH-nooAre you an American citizen?
Sou. Mas moro no Brasil há dez anos.SOH. mahs MOH-roo noo brah-ZEEW AH DEHZ AH-noosI am. But I've lived in Brazil for ten years.
Então é pela internet, com as digitais.en-TOWNG eh PEH-lah een-tehr-NEH-chee, kohng ahz djee-zhee-TIGHSThen it's online, with the fingerprints.
E onde eu tiro as digitais?ee OHN-djee eh-oo CHEE-roo ahz djee-zhee-TIGHSAnd where do I get the fingerprints taken?
Na Polícia Federal mesmo. Eles fazem.nah poh-LEE-syah feh-deh-RAW MEHZ-moo. EH-lees FAH-zayngAt the Federal Police itself. They do it.
Então a polícia brasileira tira as minhas digitais para a polícia americana.en-TOWNG ah poh-LEE-syah brah-zee-LAY-rah CHEE-rah ahz MEE-nyahz djee-zhee-TIGHS PAH-rah ah poh-LEE-syah ah-meh-ree-KAH-nahSo the Brazilian police take my fingerprints for the American police.
Isso. Bem-vindo à burocracia internacional.EE-soo. bayng-VEEN-doo ah boo-roh-krah-SEE-ah een-tehr-nah-syoh-NOWThat's right. Welcome to international bureaucracy.
Eu sou de casa.eh-oo SOH djee KAH-zahI'm one of the house.