Portuguese
É verão.
English translation
It's summer.
Portuguese · Absolute Beginner
A formiga e o gafanhoto
Adapted from The Ant and the Grasshopper
A grasshopper spends the summer singing while an ant stores food for winter.
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Uma formiga atarefada no verão
A busy ant in summer
Portuguese
Um gafanhoto canta no campo.
English translation
A grasshopper sings in the field.
Portuguese
Uma formiga passa.
English translation
An ant passes by.
Portuguese
Ela carrega comida para o formigueiro, a casa das formigas.
English translation
She carries food to the anthill, the ants' home.
Portuguese
É um trabalho difícil.
English translation
It's hard work.
Portuguese
O gafanhoto quer conversar com a formiga.
English translation
The grasshopper wants to talk to the ant.
Portuguese
Mas a formiga trabalha.
English translation
But the ant is working.
Portuguese
Ela guarda comida para o inverno.
English translation
She stores food for the winter.
Portuguese
Ela diz ao gafanhoto para guardar comida também.
English translation
She tells the grasshopper to store food too.
Portuguese
O gafanhoto não quer pensar no inverno.
English translation
The grasshopper doesn't want to think about winter.
Portuguese
Agora há muita comida.
English translation
There is plenty of food now.
Portuguese
A formiga continua seu trabalho.
English translation
The ant continues her work.
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