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🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 2

PART 2 · LESSON 17 OF 30 · 40 MINUTES

What If It Rains?

Wednesday the twenty-sixth of July. For the first time since Daniel and Bia arrived, the sky over the valley turns grey, and everyone starts to worry about rain on the big day. Bia phones Dona Vera about a marquee. Say "what if it rains?" the Brazilian way, make a plan B, ask about a marquee, its price and cancelling it, and say "better safe than sorry" and "just in case".

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THE STORY

Wednesday the twenty-sixth of July, in the afternoon. For the first time since they arrived, the sky over the valley turns grey. Nothing falls. But Bia stands in the yard, looking up, with her arms crossed, and an hour later she is on the phone to Dona Vera, the wedding planner in Rio. This is the conversation you'll be able to say by the end of the lesson.

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as nuvensahs NOO-vayngsthe clouds
Vai que chove no dia do casamento!vy kee SHAW-vee noo DJEE-ah doo kah-zah-MAYN-tooWhat if it rains on the wedding day!
Setembro já não é seca, não.seh-TAYM-broo zhah nowng eh SAY-kah, nowngSeptember isn't the dry season any more.
um plano Boong PLAH-noo BAYa plan B
uma tenda grandeOO-mah TAYN-dah GRAHN-djeea big marquee
cobrirkoh-BREERto cover
para cobrir as mesas e o palcoPAH-rah koh-BREER ahs MAY-zahs ee oo POW-kooto cover the tables and the stage
cobreKAW-breecover!
viraVEE-rahturns into
Se chover, vira lama.see shoh-VEHR, VEE-rah LAH-mahIf it rains, it turns to mud.

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