What You May Be
The following is a quote by the children's author and cartoonist, Dr. Seuss:
To the world you may be one person but para uma pessoa tu podes ser o mundo.to one person, you may be the world.
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The Plus version of this story
Para o mundo tu podes ser uma pessoa, mas para uma pessoa tu podes ser o mundo.
To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world.
Words in this story
Mundo (world)
The word “mundo” (world) is used in some Portuguese idioms:
- Andar nas bocas do mundo (To be on the mouths of the world/to be on everybody’s lips). It means to be talked about a lot.
- Meio mundo (half the world). We can say Meio mundo está com gripe (Half the world has/is with the flu). It means that many people have the flu.
Podes (may/can)
In Portuguese, the verb “poder” expresses possibility/impossibility or permission/prohibition and can have several translations, depending on the context.
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The same story, taken further, for DailyNata Plus members. This one works on idioms and expressions.
- The whole story in Portuguese, and its English
- The words in it, explained, with examples
Written for level A2. Every lesson has its own, anywhere from A1 to B2.
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