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🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 3

PART 3 · LESSON 25 OF 30 · 40 MINUTES

Whether It's a Boy or a Girl

The end of August, and a party in the flat to find out whether it's a boy or a girl, with a cake that has the answer inside. Say "whether it's a boy or a girl", "whoever it is" and "be that as it may", place your bets, cut the cake, and tell Chicago the news.

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THE STORY

Saturday the twenty-fifth of August, in the flat in Botafogo. There are pink and blue balloons all over the ceiling, and Pipoca is barking at every one of them. Three weeks ago, at the big scan, Doctor Helena wrote the answer on a card and sealed it in an envelope, and Bia gave it to Carla without looking. Carla has made a cake, and only she knows what colour it is inside. That evening, Chicago calls. This is the conversation you'll be able to say by the end of the lesson.

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a cor de dentroah kor djee DAYN-troothe colour inside
Gente! O bolo está pronto. Só eu sei a cor de dentro.ZHAYN-tchee! oo BOH-loo ehs-TAH PROHN-too. saw EH-oo say ah kor djee DAYN-trooEveryone! The cake is ready. Only I know the colour inside.
a recepcionistaah heh-sehp-see-oh-NEES-taha receptionist
como você aguentou?KOH-moo voh-SAY ah-gwayn-TOHhow did you stand it?
com esse envelopekohng AY-see ayn-veh-LAW-peewith that envelope
Três semanas com esse envelope. Como você aguentou?trays seh-MAH-nahs kohng AY-see ayn-veh-LAW-pee. KOH-moo voh-SAY ah-gwayn-TOHThree weeks with that envelope. How did you stand it?
o morfológicooo mor-foh-LAW-zhee-koothe big scan, at about twenty-two weeks
escrevoehs-KRAY-vooI write
um envelopeoong ayn-veh-LAW-peean envelope
Eu só abri ontem, para fazer o bolo.EH-oo saw ah-BREE OHN-tayng, PAH-rah fah-ZEHR oo BOH-looI only opened it yesterday, to make the cake.

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