A1 — Beginner·4 min read·Everyday Life·daily-life

Que Horas São?

Em Guimarães, um galo que ninguém vê acorda a rua do Diogo todas as manhãs, mas hoje o galo não canta.

Theme verbacordar—to wake up

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Na rua do Diogo, em Guimarães, há um galo. Ninguém sabe onde ele vive. Ninguém o vê. Mas todas as manhãs, às sete em ponto, ele canta: cocorocó! O galo acorda a rua inteira: o senhor da mercearia, a professora e o Diogo, que abre o café da praça às oito. Só o senhor Abílio, o vizinho de cima, acorda sempre antes do galo.

On Diogo's street, in Guimarães, there is a rooster. Nobody knows where it lives. Nobody sees it. But every morning, at seven o'clock sharp, it crows: cock-a-doodle-doo! The rooster wakes up the whole street: the man from the grocer's, the teacher, and Diogo, who opens the café on the square at eight. Only Mr Abílio, the upstairs neighbour, always wakes up before the rooster.

Hoje, o Diogo acorda sozinho. Há sol no quarto e silêncio na rua. Onde está o galo? O telemóvel está sem bateria. Ele abre a janela e pergunta a uma senhora: — Desculpe, que horas são? — São nove e dez — responde ela. Nove e dez! O Diogo veste-se num minuto e sai a correr.

Today, Diogo wakes up on his own. There is sun in the bedroom and silence in the street. Where is the rooster? His phone's battery is dead. He opens the window and asks a woman: — Excuse me, what time is it? — It's ten past nine — she answers. Ten past nine! Diogo gets dressed in a minute and runs out.

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Vocabulary Glossary

WordMeaning
acordahe/she wakes up; wakes (someone) up (present)
acordasteyou woke up (preterite, singular)
acordeiI woke up (preterite)
acordouhe/she woke up; you woke up (formal) (preterite)
que horas sãowhat time is it?
em pontoon the dot / sharp (time)
tardelate
atrasadoslate (masc. plural)
sem bateriaout of battery / with a dead battery
galorooster

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