Portuguese–English parallel text
Minha filha, minha professora
My Daughter, My Teacher
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A bilingual Portuguese–English edition: the Portuguese text with the English beside it, paragraph by paragraph.
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O ônibus
The bus
Mehmet mora em Istambul. Ele tem cinquenta e dois anos. Ele é cozinheiro em um restaurante pequeno perto do mar.
Mehmet lives in Istanbul. He is fifty-two. He is a cook in a small restaurant near the sea.
Mehmet sabe cozinhar tudo. Ele pode fazer peixe, arroz e sopa para cem pessoas. Mas ele não sabe dirigir.
Mehmet can cook everything. He can make fish, rice and soup for a hundred people. But he can’t drive.
Na família dele, a esposa dele dirige. Ela dirige até o mercado, até o médico e até o restaurante. Mehmet senta ao lado dela e conversa.
In his family, his wife drives. She drives to the market, to the doctor and to the restaurant. Mehmet sits next to her and talks.
“Vira à esquerda aqui”, ele diz. “Não, à direita! Cuidado com o ônibus!”
“Turn left here,” he says. “No, right! Watch the bus!”
“Mehmet”, diz a esposa dele. “Quem dirige este carro? Você ou eu?”
“Mehmet,” says his wife. “Who drives this car? You or me?”
“Você, claro.”
“You, of course.”
“Então fica quieto.”
“Then be quiet.”
Uma noite, a esposa dele chega em casa com uma carta. Ela está feliz e triste ao mesmo tempo.
One evening, his wife comes home with a letter. She is happy and sad at the same time.
“Eu tenho um trabalho novo”, ela diz. “Um trabalho bom, em um hospital. Mas é em Bursa.”
“I have a new job,” she says. “A good job, in a hospital. But it is in Bursa.”
“Bursa! Isso é longe.”
“Bursa! That is far.”
“Sim. Eu moro lá de segunda a sexta. Eu volto para casa no fim de semana.”
“Yes. I live there from Monday to Friday. I come home at the weekend.”
Mehmet fica quieto por um momento. “E o carro?”
Mehmet is quiet for a moment. “And the car?”
“O carro vai comigo. Eu preciso dele em Bursa.”
“The car comes with me. I need it in Bursa.”
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