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🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 3

PART 3 · LESSON 27 OF 30 · 40 MINUTES

Nobody Is Born Knowing

A Saturday in October, six weeks before the baby is due. Daniel builds the cot with Thiago, three months a father, and at last asks what has been worrying him. Say "what if I can't cope?", "nobody is born knowing" and "you learn as you go", follow instructions with no words, and talk about everything a baby needs.

Audio instruction: English

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THE STORY

Saturday the twentieth of October, in the second bedroom, which was never for visitors. The walls have been painted a pale yellow. The floor is covered in pieces of wood, a bag of screws, and a sheet of instructions with no words on it, only drawings. Bia, seven and a half months pregnant, is out at Luana's. Thiago, Luana's husband, whose daughter is three months old, has come round with his toolbox. At seven, Bia comes home. This is the conversation you'll be able to say by the end of the lesson.

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instruçõeseens-troo-SOYNSinstructions
suecoSWEH-kooSwedish
chinêsshee-NAYSChinese
As instruções estão em sueco. Ou em chinês.ahs eens-troo-SOYNS ehs-TOWNG ayng SWEH-koo. oh ayng shee-NAYSThe instructions are in Swedish. Or in Chinese.
desenhosdeh-ZAYN-yoosdrawings
peçaPEH-saha piece, a part
Deixa eu ver. Essa peça vai aqui.DAY-shah EH-oo vehr. EH-sah PEH-sah vy ah-KEELet me see. This piece goes here.
Thiago, posso te perguntar uma coisa?tchee-AH-goo, PAW-soo tchee per-goon-TAR OO-mah KOY-zahThiago, can I ask you something?
dar conta dedar KOHN-tah djeeto cope with, word for word to give account of
se eu não der contasee EH-oo nowng dehr KOHN-tahif I can't cope

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