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🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese · Fluency Level 3

PART 1 · LESSON 6 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Teacher Is Six

Alice runs Daniel's first exam-prep session at the kitchen table, with a list, a timer and no mercy, and Bia reports it. Say the teacher says we start with the hard words, she wants you to say Rio ten times, she says you say it like a gringo, better, now a whole sentence, she says you have to write a letter of complaint, to whom, to the building manager about the lift, she says that's what the exam is like, and she's right it is.

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THE STORY

At the kitchen table in Rio, Alice, who is six and does not speak in these lessons, gives Daniel his first class for the Portuguese exam, and Bia passes on every instruction.

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A professora diz que a gente começa pelas palavras difíceis.ah proh-feh-SOH-rah DJEES kee ah ZHEN-chee koh-MEH-sah PEH-lahs pah-LAH-vrahz djee-FEE-saysThe teacher says we start with the hard words.
Quais?KWIGHSWhich ones?
Ela quer que você diga Rio dez vezes.EH-lah KEHR kee voh-SEH DJEE-gah HEE-oo DEHZ VEH-zeesShe wants you to say Rio ten times.
Rio. Rio. Rio. Rio. Rio.HEE-oo. HEE-oo. HEE-oo. HEE-oo. HEE-ooRio. Rio. Rio. Rio. Rio.
Ela diz que você fala como gringo. De novo.EH-lah DJEES kee voh-SEH FAH-lah KOH-moo GREEN-goo. djee NOH-vooShe says you say it like a gringo. Again.
Rio. Rio. Rio.HEE-oo. HEE-oo. HEE-ooRio. Rio. Rio.
Melhor. Agora uma frase inteira.meh-LYOHR. ah-GOH-rah OO-mah FRAH-zee een-TAY-rahBetter. Now a whole sentence.
Ela diz que você tem que escrever uma carta de reclamação.EH-lah DJEES kee voh-SEH tayng kee es-kreh-VEHR OO-mah KAHR-tah djee heh-klah-mah-SOWNGShe says you have to write a letter of complaint.
Para quem?PAH-rah KAYNGTo whom?
Para o síndico, sobre o elevador. Ela diz que a prova é assim.PAH-rah oo SEEN-djee-koo, SOH-bree oo eh-leh-vah-DOHR. EH-lah DJEES kee ah PROH-vah eh ah-SEENGTo the building manager, about the lift. She says that's what the exam is like.