Dom Casmurro 93.21 · 93.21

Mamãe tem outras casas maiores que esta

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Mamãe tem outras casas maiores que esta; diz porém que há de morrer aqui. As outras estão alugadas. Algumas são bem grandes, como a da Rua da Quitanda... Conheço essa; é bonita.

Mom has other houses bigger than this; she says however that she has to die here. The others are rented. Some are quite big, like the one on Rua da Quitanda... — I know that one; it is pretty.

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Mamãemah-MAHNMomtemtenhasoutrasOH-trahsothercasasKAH-zahshousesmaioresmy-OH-rehsbiggerquekeethanestaEHS-tahthis;dizdeezsaysporémpoh-RAINhoweverquekeethatahhasdejeetomorrermoh-REHRdieaquiah-KEEhere.AsahstheoutrasOH-trahsotherestãoehs-TOWNarealugadasah-loo-GAH-dahsrented.Algumasahl-GOO-mahssomesãosownarebembenwellgrandesGRAHN-dehsbig,comoKOH-moolikeaahthedadahof theRuaHOO-ahStreetdadahof theQuitandakee-TAHN-dahQuitanda...Conheçokoh-NYEH-sooI knowessaEH-sahthat;éehisbonitaboh-NEE-tahpretty.

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The narrator quotes someone speaking about their mother's houses and her wish to die in the current one.

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A character mentions that their mother owns other larger houses but insists on dying in the current one, and they discuss a specific house on Rua da Quitanda.

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