Alice in Wonderland
The following is a dialogue from the book “Alice in Wonderland”:
One day, Alice came to a fork in the road and saw a Cheshire cat in a tree.
"Which road do I take?" she asked.
"Where do you want to go?" was his response.
"I don’t know," Alice answered.
"Então," disse o gato, "tanto faz.Then," said the cat, "it doesn't matter."
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The Plus version of this story
Um dia, a Alice chegou a* uma bifurcação* na estrada e viu um gato de Cheshire numa* árvore. "Que estrada* sigo*?" perguntou ela. "Onde queres ir?" foi a resposta* dele*. "Não sei," respondeu a Alice."Então," disse o gato, "tanto faz."One day, Alice came to a fork in the road and saw a Cheshire cat in a tree. "Which road do I take?" she asked. "Where do you want to go?" was his response. "I don’t know,” Alice answered. “Then,” said the cat, “it doesn't matter.”
🔎 Words in this story
✴️ Bifurcação (fork)
We call “bifurcação” the place where the road splits in two.
The word “fork” is also an object used for eating that in Portuguese is called “garfo” and the gardening tool called “forquilha.”
✴️ Sigo (I take)
This is the verb “seguir” in the present, for the first person singular (eu). “Seguir” means “to follow,” “to continue” or “to carry on.”
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- The whole story in Portuguese, and its English
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