Portuguese–English parallel text
O Elevador
The Lift
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Tem um elevador no hotel. Ele é muito pequeno.
There is a lift in the hotel. It is very small.
Tem uma placa nele: “Uma pessoa.”
There is a sign on it: “One person.”
Tem um papel nele: “O elevador não funciona hoje.”
There is a paper on it: “The lift doesn’t work today.”
Nina lê esse papel toda manhã. É sempre o mesmo papel.
Nina reads that paper every morning. It is always the same paper.
Ele é amarelo. É um hoje muito velho.
It is yellow. It is a very old today.
É segunda de novo, três horas da tarde.
It is Monday again, three o’clock in the afternoon.
Um homem entra com três sacolas grandes.
A man comes in with three big bags.
“Eu tenho uma reserva,” ele diz. “Quarto doze.”
“I have a booking,” he says. “Room twelve.”
Nina para de limpar o chão. Ela levanta os olhos.
Nina stops cleaning the floor. She looks up.
“Oitenta euros por noite,” a Sra. Berg diz. “O elevador não funciona hoje.”
“Eighty euros for a night,” Mrs Berg says. “The lift doesn’t work today.”
“Hoje?” o homem diz.
“Today?” the man says.
“Hoje. Por favor, use a escada.”
“Today. Please use the stairs.”
“Tem wifi?”
“Is there wifi?”
“Sim. A senha do wifi está no balcão.”
“Yes. The wifi password is on the desk.”
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