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🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 2

PART 3 · LESSON 28 OF 30 · 40 MINUTES

I'd Never Seen My Father Dance

The party under the marquee. The bride and groom cut the cake, the forro trio plays, Bia throws the bouquet, and Daniel sees something he has never seen before. Cut the cake and say who gets the first piece, say what you'd never seen or done before that night, ask someone to dance, follow the steps, and join a square dance.

Audio instruction: English

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THE STORY

Saturday, ten at night. The speeches are over, and the bride and groom cut the cake. Then Junior, Tiao's nephew, picks up his accordion. His two friends have a drum and a triangle. The first notes go out across the dark valley, and the floor of the marquee starts to shake. This is the conversation you'll be able to say by the end of the lesson.

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Os noivos vão cortar o bolo.oos NOY-voos vowng kor-TAR oo BOH-looThe bride and groom are going to cut the cake.
seguraseh-GOO-rahhold, telling someone
a facaah FAH-kahthe knife
Segura a faca comigo.seh-GOO-rah ah FAH-kah koh-MEE-gooHold the knife with me.
um pedaçooong peh-DAH-sooa piece
O primeiro pedaço é para a vó Nena.oo pree-MAY-roo peh-DAH-soo eh PAH-rah ah VAW NAY-nahThe first piece is for Grandma Nena.
Não fui eu! Foi o meu pai!nowng fwee AY-oo! foy oo MAY-oo pyIt wasn't me! It was my father!
Agora, todo mundo para a pista!ah-GAW-rah, TOH-doo MOON-doo PAH-rah ah PEES-tahNow, everybody on the dance floor!
batendo palmabah-TAYN-doo POW-mahclapping, word for word beating palm
Dois para lá, dois para cá.doys PAH-rah lah, doys PAH-rah kahTwo steps that way, two steps this way.

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