O Número
Numa cidade do futuro toda a gente tem um número em vez de um nome. Uma rapariga chama-se 7-F.
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Story opening — Portuguese with English Translation
Na cidade de Nova Ordem, toda a gente tem um número. Não há nomes. A rapariga do apartamento 7-F chama-se 7-F. Os pais chamam-se 7-D e 7-E. Na escola, a professora chama os alunos pelos números: "3-B, responde à pergunta."
In the city of New Order, everyone has a number. There are no names. The girl from apartment 7-F is called 7-F. Her parents are called 7-D and 7-E. At school, the teacher calls students by their numbers: "3-B, answer the question."
Um dia, 7-F encontra uma flor a crescer numa fenda do passeio. É vermelha. Ela nunca tinha visto uma flor assim. Senta-se no chão e olha para ela durante muito tempo.
One day, 7-F finds a flower growing in a crack in the pavement. It is red. She had never seen a flower like it. She sits on the ground and looks at it for a very long time.
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Vocabulary Glossary
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| número | number |
| fenda | crack / gap |
| passeio | pavement / sidewalk |
| sussurrar | to whisper |
| em segredo | in secret |
| suficiente | enough / sufficient |
| cidade | city |
| nova | new (feminine) |
| ordem | order |
| gente | people |
| toda a gente | everyone / everybody |
| nome | name |
| há | there is / there are |
| não há | there is not / there are no |
| rapariga | girl |
| apartamento | apartment / flat |
| chamar | to call / to name |
| chama | calls / is called (3rd person singular, present of chamar) |
| chamam | call / are called (3rd person plural, present of chamar) |
| chamou | called (3rd person singular, past of chamar) |
| chamo | I call / my name is (1st person singular, present of chamar) |
| pais | parents |
| escola | school |
| professora | teacher (feminine) |
| alunos | students / pupils |
| pelos | by the (masculine plural contraction) |
| responde | answers (3rd person singular, present of responder) |
| responder | to answer / to reply |
| pergunta | question / asks (noun / verb 3rd sg.) |
| um dia | one day |
| encontra | finds / meets (3rd person singular, present of encontrar) |
| encontrar | to find / to meet |
| flor | flower |
| crescer | to grow |
| a crescer | growing (continuous form) |
| vermelha | red (feminine) |
| nunca | never |
| nunca tinha visto | had never seen (pluperfect) |
| ver | to see |
| assim | like this / like that / such |
| sentar | to sit |
| senta-se | sits down (reflexive, 3rd person singular) |
| chão | ground / floor |
| olhar | to look / to gaze |
| olha | looks (3rd person singular, present of olhar) |
| durante | during / for (time) |
| muito tempo | a long time |
| noite | night |
| nessa noite | that night |
| cama | bed |
| na cama | in bed |
| pensar | to think |
| pensa | thinks (3rd person singular, present of pensar) |
| esta flor | this flower (demonstrative + noun) |
| precisa | needs (3rd person singular, present of precisar) |
| precisar | to need |
| muito | very / a lot / much |
| depois | then / afterwards / after |
| sussurra | whispers (3rd person singular, present of sussurrar) |
| para si própria | to herself |
| palavra | word |
| soar | to sound |
| soa | sounds (3rd person singular, present of soar) |
| estranho | strange (masculine) |
| estranha | strange (feminine) |
| bonita | beautiful / pretty (feminine) |
| ao mesmo tempo | at the same time |
| repetir | to repeat |
| repete | repeats (3rd person singular, present of repetir) |
| dia seguinte | the next day |
| ir ver | to go and see |
| outra vez | again / once more |
| lá | there |
| de repente | suddenly |
| também | also / too |
| por isso | therefore / so / that is why |
| segredo | secret |
| só | only / alone |
| sabe | knows (3rd person singular, present of saber) |
| saber | to know |
| já | already |
| nova ordem | new order |
| há nomes | there are names |
| pelos números | by their numbers |
| a crescer | growing (continuous) |
| nessa noite | that night |
| para si própria | to herself |
| ao mesmo tempo | at the same time |
| no dia seguinte | the next day |
| está lá | is there / it is there |
| de repente | suddenly |
| em segredo | in secret |
| só ela sabe | only she knows |
| mas é suficiente | but it is enough |
| vai ver | goes to see |
| responde à pergunta | answers the question |
| também preciso de | I also need |
| soa estranha | sounds strange |
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