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🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese · Fluency Level 3

PART 1 · LESSON 5 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Take a Number

The notary's office, a ticket with a number, a clerk who has seen everything, and three copies that need to be certified. Say take a number and wait to be called, number eighty-four counter three, I need certified copies of these three documents, the original and the copy, that's eighteen reais per page, per page, the original has two sides, and it comes to thirty-six, and nothing is cheap in a notary's office except the queue.

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THE STORY

At a notary's office in Botafogo, in Rio, Daniel takes a number, waits, and has his documents certified by a clerk who charges by the page.

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Pega uma senha e aguarda ser chamado.PEH-gah OO-mah SEH-nyah ee ah-GWAHR-dah SEHR shah-MAH-dooTake a number and wait to be called.
Senha oitenta e quatro, guichê três.SEH-nyah oy-TEN-tah ee KWAH-troo, ghee-SHEH TREHSNumber eighty-four, counter three.
Preciso de cópia autenticada desses três documentos.preh-SEE-zoo djee KOH-pyah ow-ten-chee-KAH-dah DEH-sees TREHZ doh-koo-MEN-toosI need certified copies of these three documents.
O original e a cópia, por favor.oo oh-ree-zhee-NOW ee ah KOH-pyah, pohr fah-VOHRThe original and the copy, please.
Aqui. O passaporte, a certidão e a tradução.ah-KEE. oo pah-sah-POHR-chee, ah sehr-chee-DOWNG ee ah trah-doo-SOWNGHere. The passport, the certificate and the translation.
São dezoito reais por página.sowng deh-ZOY-too heh-IGHS pohr PAH-zhee-nahThat's eighteen reais per page.
Por página?pohr PAH-zhee-nahPer page?
O original tem dois lados. Então dá trinta e seis.oo oh-ree-zhee-NOW tayng DOYS LAH-doos. en-TOWNG DAH TREEN-tah ee SAYSThe original has two sides. So it comes to thirty-six.
Entendi. No cartório nada é barato.en-ten-DJEE. noo kahr-TOH-ryoo NAH-dah eh bah-RAH-tooI see. Nothing is cheap in a notary's office.
Só a fila, que é de graça.SOH ah FEE-lah, kee eh djee GRAH-sahOnly the queue, which is free.