The Quiet Skill
In today's quote, Ernest Hemingway, author of classics like The Old Man and the Sea, offers a cheeky observation.
It takes two years to learn to speak and sixty to aprender a estar calado.learn to keep quiet.
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The Plus version of this story
São necessários dois anos para aprender a falar e sessenta para aprender a estar calado.
It takes two years to learn to speak and sixty to learn to keep quiet.
Today's vocabulary
👍 Necessário: Necessary2️⃣ Dois [masc.]: Two📅 Ano [masc. noun]: Year➡️ Para: To📚 Aprender: To learn🔢 Sessenta: Sixty💭 Calado [masc. adjective]: Quiet, silent
There is a Plus version of this story
The same story, taken further, for DailyNata Plus members. This one works on verbs and their prepositions.
- The whole story in Portuguese, and its English
- The words in it, explained, with examples
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