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🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese · Fluency Level 3

PART 1 · LESSON 7 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Real Portuguese

The oral part of the Portuguese exam, with an examiner who prefers the way people actually talk. Say you can sit make yourself comfortable, I'm a bit nervous, you can say to this is real Portuguese here, then I'm really nervous, why do you want to be Brazilian, because my daughter was born here and because I already am only the paper is missing, what's hardest in Portuguese, saying Rio my daughter makes me practise every day, say it then, and Rio.

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THE STORY

In an exam room at a university in Rio, the examiner interviews Daniel for the oral part of the Portuguese exam for naturalisation.

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Bom dia. Pode sentar. Fique à vontade.bohng DJEE-ah. POH-djee sen-TAHR. FEE-kee ah vohn-TAH-djeeGood morning. You can sit. Make yourself comfortable.
Bom dia. Eu tô, eu estou um pouco nervoso.bohng DJEE-ah. eh-oo TOH, eh-oo ees-TOH oong POH-koo nehr-VOH-zooGood morning. I'm, I am a bit nervous.
Pode falar tô. Aqui é português de verdade.POH-djee fah-LAHR TOH. ah-KEE eh pohr-too-GEHS djee vehr-DAH-djeeYou can say to. This is real Portuguese here.
Então tô nervoso mesmo.en-TOWNG TOH nehr-VOH-zoo MEHZ-mooThen I'm really nervous.
Me conta: por que o senhor quer ser brasileiro?mee KOHN-tah: pohr KEH oo sen-YOHR KEHR SEHR brah-zee-LAY-rooTell me: why do you want to be Brazilian?
Porque a minha filha nasceu aqui.pohr-KEH ah MEE-nyah FEE-lyah nah-SEH-oo ah-KEEBecause my daughter was born here.
E porque eu já sou. Só falta o papel.ee pohr-KEH eh-oo ZHAH SOH. SOH FAHL-tah oo pah-PEWAnd because I already am. Only the paper is missing.
E o que é mais difícil no português?ee oo kee eh mighz djee-FEE-seew noo pohr-too-GEHSAnd what's hardest in Portuguese?
Dizer Rio. Minha filha me faz treinar todo dia.djee-ZEHR HEE-oo. MEE-nyah FEE-lyah mee FAHZ tray-NAHR TOH-doo DJEE-ahSaying Rio. My daughter makes me practise every day.
Diga, então.DJEE-gah, en-TOWNGSay it, then.