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🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 3

PART 3 · LESSON 26 OF 30 · 40 MINUTES

Named After Her Great-Grandmother

A Sunday in September, and a girl needs a name that works in Rio, in Minas and in Chicago. Say "named after", "if she takes after you" and "a name that works in both languages", argue about names and nicknames, and tell both grandmothers.

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THE STORY

Sunday the ninth of September, in the flat in Botafogo. Bia is six months pregnant, on the sofa by the window, with her feet up and Sugarloaf Mountain outside. Daniel has a list of names on his phone, ninety-four of them, and Bia has crossed out ninety-one. Pipoca is asleep under the table. That evening, they call the farm in Minas, and then Chicago. This is the conversation you'll be able to say by the end of the lesson.

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nomesNOH-meesnames
nenhumnee-NYOONGnot any, not a single one
Noventa e quatro nomes, e você não gosta de nenhum.noh-VAYN-tah ee KWAH-troo NOH-mees, ee voh-SAY nowng GAWS-tah djee nee-NYOONGNinety-four names, and you don't like any of them.
funcionassefoong-see-oh-NAH-seewould work, after a name that
tanto aqui quanto em ChicagoTAHN-too ah-KEE KWAN-too ayng shee-KAH-gooboth here and in Chicago
Eu queria um nome que funcionasse tanto aqui quanto em Chicago.EH-oo keh-REE-ah oong NOH-mee kee foong-see-oh-NAH-see TAHN-too ah-KEE KWAN-too ayng shee-KAH-gooI'd like a name that works both here and in Chicago.
em homenagem aayng oh-meh-NAH-zhayng ahin homage to, named after
em homenagem à minha mãeayng oh-meh-NAH-zhayng ah MEEN-yah MAYNGafter my mother
E se for Susan, em homenagem à minha mãe?ee see for SOO-zahn, ayng oh-meh-NAH-zhayng ah MEEN-yah MAYNGAnd what if it's Susan, after my mother?
Susan? Ninguém no Brasil vai saber falar.SOO-zahn? neeng-GAYNG noo brah-ZEEW vy sah-BEHR fah-LARSusan? Nobody in Brazil will know how to say it.

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