The elderly aunt bent down and asked her three-year-old nephew: “Can you tell me the name of your new baby sister?
The little boy shook his head sadly and replied: “I don’t know what it is. I keep asking her but I can’t understand a word she says.”
Vocabulary Help
- ask – perguntar
- aunt – tia
- baby sister – irmãzinha
- bend down – inclinar-se
- elderly – idosa
- keep asking – fico perguntando
- know (know, knew, known) – saber
- name – nome
- nephew – sobrinho
- reply – responder
- shake (shake, shook, shaken) – sacudir, balançar
- tell (tell, told, told) – dizer
- understand (understand, understood, understood) – entender
- word – palavra