Asking about visiting mother
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Limitei-me a inquirir do agregado quando é que iria a casa ver minha mãe.— Estou com saudades de mamãe. Posso ir já esta semana?— Vai sábado.— Sábado? Ah! sim! sim! Peça a mamãe que me mande buscar sábado! Sábado! Este sábado, não? Que me mande buscar, sem falta.
I limited myself to inquiring of the agregado when he would go to the house to see my mother. I am longing for mommy. Can I go this week? Go Saturday. Saturday? Ah! yes! yes! Ask mommy to send for me Saturday! Saturday! This Saturday, right? Send for me without fail.
The narrator asks the agregado when he will go home to see his mother, expressing longing and requesting to go on Saturday.
The narrator asks the agregado when he will visit his mother, expressing homesickness and eagerly requesting to go on Saturday, repeating the day with excitement and insistence.
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