A1 — Beginner·4 min read·Dystopian·dystopian

O Número

Numa cidade do futuro toda a gente tem um número em vez de um nome. Uma rapariga chama-se 7-F.

Theme verbchamar—to call / to name

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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

WordMeaning
númeronumber
fendacrack / gap
passeiopavement / sidewalk
sussurrarto whisper
em segredoin secret
suficienteenough / sufficient
cidadecity
novanew (feminine)
ordemorder
gentepeople
toda a genteeveryone / everybody
nomename
háthere is / there are
não háthere is not / there are no
raparigagirl
apartamentoapartment / flat
chamarto call / to name
chamacalls / is called (3rd person singular, present of chamar)
chamamcall / are called (3rd person plural, present of chamar)
chamoucalled (3rd person singular, past of chamar)
chamoI call / my name is (1st person singular, present of chamar)
paisparents
escolaschool
professorateacher (feminine)
alunosstudents / pupils
pelosby the (masculine plural contraction)
respondeanswers (3rd person singular, present of responder)
responderto answer / to reply
perguntaquestion / asks (noun / verb 3rd sg.)
um diaone day
encontrafinds / meets (3rd person singular, present of encontrar)
encontrarto find / to meet
florflower
crescerto grow
a crescergrowing (continuous form)
vermelhared (feminine)
nuncanever
nunca tinha vistohad never seen (pluperfect)
verto see
assimlike this / like that / such
sentarto sit
senta-sesits down (reflexive, 3rd person singular)
chãoground / floor
olharto look / to gaze
olhalooks (3rd person singular, present of olhar)
duranteduring / for (time)
muito tempoa long time
noitenight
nessa noitethat night
camabed
na camain bed
pensarto think
pensathinks (3rd person singular, present of pensar)
esta florthis flower (demonstrative + noun)
precisaneeds (3rd person singular, present of precisar)
precisarto need
muitovery / a lot / much
depoisthen / afterwards / after
sussurrawhispers (3rd person singular, present of sussurrar)
para si própriato herself
palavraword
soarto sound
soasounds (3rd person singular, present of soar)
estranhostrange (masculine)
estranhastrange (feminine)
bonitabeautiful / pretty (feminine)
ao mesmo tempoat the same time
repetirto repeat
repeterepeats (3rd person singular, present of repetir)
dia seguintethe next day
ir verto go and see
outra vezagain / once more
láthere
de repentesuddenly
tambémalso / too
por issotherefore / so / that is why
segredosecret
sóonly / alone
sabeknows (3rd person singular, present of saber)
saberto know
jáalready
nova ordemnew order
há nomesthere are names
pelos númerosby their numbers
a crescergrowing (continuous)
nessa noitethat night
para si própriato herself
ao mesmo tempoat the same time
no dia seguintethe next day
está láis there / it is there
de repentesuddenly
em segredoin secret
só ela sabeonly she knows
mas é suficientebut it is enough
vai vergoes to see
responde à perguntaanswers the question
também preciso deI also need
soa estranhasounds strange

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