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🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese · Fluency Level 3

PART 1 · LESSON 8 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Ten Fingers

The interview at the Federal Police, where an officer checks the file, takes ten fingerprints and asks one question that isn't on the form. Say the file is complete, let's take the fingerprints, right hand first thumb, press don't push, now the left, how many years in Brazil, ten in March, and before that, two years and then I went back and came back, why did you come back, and because of a coffee on the house.

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THE STORY

At the Federal Police office in Rio, an officer checks Daniel's naturalisation file, takes his fingerprints, and asks him why he came back.

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O processo está completo. Vamos colher as digitais.oo proh-SEH-soo ees-TAH kohm-PLEH-too. VAH-moos koh-LYEHR ahz djee-zhee-TIGHSThe file is complete. Let's take the fingerprints.
Mão direita primeiro. O polegar.MOWNG djee-RAY-tah pree-MAY-roo. oo poh-leh-GAHRRight hand first. The thumb.
Assim?ah-SEENGLike this?
Aperta, não empurra. Agora a esquerda.ah-PEHR-tah, nowng em-POO-hah. ah-GOH-rah ah es-KEHR-dahPress, don't push. Now the left.
Quantos anos no Brasil?KWAHN-tooz AH-noos noo brah-ZEEWHow many years in Brazil?
Dez, em março.DEHZ, ayng MAHR-sooTen, in March.
E antes disso?ee AHN-cheez DJEE-sooAnd before that?
Dois anos. Depois eu voltei para os Estados Unidos, e voltei de novo.DOYZ AH-noos. deh-POYZ eh-oo vohl-TAY PAH-rah ooz es-TAH-dooz oo-NEE-doos, ee vohl-TAY djee NOH-vooTwo years. Then I went back to the United States, and came back again.
Por que o senhor voltou?pohr KEH oo sen-YOHR vohl-TOHWhy did you come back?
Por causa de um café por conta da casa. É uma história longa.pohr KOW-zah djee oong kah-FEH pohr KOHN-tah dah KAH-zah. eh OO-mah ees-TOH-ryah LOHN-gahBecause of a coffee on the house. It's a long story.