Portuguese–English parallel text
Por Quê
Why
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São quatro horas da tarde. A cozinha está quieta.
It is four o’clock in the afternoon. The kitchen is quiet.
Não tem mais pão no prato.
There is no more bread on the plate.
Nina coloca a chave dela na mesa.
Nina puts her key on the table.
“Por quê?” ela diz.
“Why?” she says.
A vó olha para a chave.
Grandma looks at the key.
“Por que o quê?”
“Why what?”
“Por que tudo isso? Um bilhete? Um envelope? Uma porta azul?”
“Why all this? A note? An envelope? A blue door?”
“É uma boa porta.”
“It is a good door.”
“Tem muitas portas azuis, vó! Não! Não! Não!”
“There are a lot of blue doors, Grandma! No! No! No!”
“Sim.”
“Yes.”
“Você tem um celular! Você pode dizer: Nina, venha para o hotel.”
“You have a phone! You can say: Nina, come to the hotel.”
“Sim,” a vó diz. “Eu posso dizer isso.”
“Yes,” Grandma says. “I can say that.”
Nina levanta. Ela grita.
Nina stands up. She shouts.
Ela grita sobre as portas. Ela grita sobre a chuva e o ônibus.
She shouts about the doors. She shouts about the rain and the bus.
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