Língua da Gente - Portuguese Podcast: Dialogs

Elementary 16: Dessert Makes Me Happy


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Some things are just difficult to translate, and the names of different Brazilian desserts definitely fall in that category. Truth told, tasting them is the only way to really know what we are talking about. Taste truly trumps translation. Still, after this lesson you will know a number of Brazilian desserts that you should at least try to taste sometime.

Dialogue

A: E pra sobremesa, você quer pedir alguma coisa?
B: Quero. O que é gostoso aqui?
A: Bom, realmente o mousse de maracujá é uma delicia, ah e o pudim de leite é muito bom.
B: Deixa eu ver, você já provou o sagu aqui?
A: Já. É muito bom também. E a goiabada, mmm aqui é excelente.
B: Não sei. Bom, para mim, que tal um quindim.
A: Concordo, com o quindim não dá pra errar. Eu vou pedir o creme de papaya.
B: Ah, sobremesa, pra fazer a gente feliz!


A: And for dessert, are you going to ask for anything?
B: I want to. What’s tasty here?
A: Well, the passion fruit mousse is delicious, and the flan is very good.
B: Let me see, have you ever tried the pearl tapioca here?
A: I have. It’s really good too. And the guava paste here is excellent.
B: I don’t know. OK, for me, how about quindim.
A: I agree, you can’t go wrong with quindim. I going to ask for the papaya cream.
B: Ah, dessert, it’s what makes people happy!
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