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Re: I forget what the subject was
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Sat, 3 Oct 1998 05:09:11 GMT
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Moz (Chris Moseley) wrote:
> Paulo Caparica Junior wrote
> > *&^%$ English sometimes drives me crazy!
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> That's only because you haven't heard me mangling Spanish... :)
I don't speak spanish very well either, just a little so I don't get
lost andhungry at other the countries in Latin America (I speak
portugese as everyone in Brazil).
In portugese you don't have an interrogative form (is that way it's
called?),
when you want to make a question you just tuck a question mark at
the end of the sentence, like this:
Voce fala portugues.
Voce fala portugues?
Translation:
You speak portugese.
Do you speak portugese?
> Then they'd think your uncontrollable laughter was a sure sign
> of madness...
> Hmm. No habla espanol? Oh dear.
> Actually, ever noticed how the first thing anyone learns in a new
> language is how to say "I don't understand English" (or whatever
> the new language is). I mean, I can say that in French, German,
> Japanese and English. Plus possibly Spanish if the above is
> correct :)
> It seems to me to be completely useless. I mean, replying in another
> langauge and looking blank conveys the same message... saying "I
> don't understand English, can you speak French?" is pretty silly,
> why not "Je ne comprendez pa. Parlez-vous Francais?". Same idea,
> much reduced learning time. Why not learn "where can I find a
> translator"?
That's a good idea! 8^)
> > I mean:
> > Are you alone here?
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> I guess so. I expected Sanjay and Allan to turn up, but not yet,
> apparently.
> Hey, so you get loc.br to yourself. Are you the only Brazilian on
> RTL? I can't say I've seen anyone else from there.
> Moz
The only other guy that I know is Leonardo Zide from Rio de Janeiro.He
wrote that nice program Leocad.
Paulo
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| Paulo Caparica Junior wrote in message (...) Oops. Sorry, I tend to forget which side of the line is which. Luckily? I've never been there so it hasn't really been a problem... Not that being unable to speak Portugese in Brazil is likely to be less (...) (26 years ago, 4-Oct-98, to lugnet.loc.nz)
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| Paulo Caparica Junior wrote (...) That's only because you haven't heard me mangling Spanish... :) Then they'd think your uncontrollable laughter was a sure sign of madness... Hmm. No habla espanol? Oh dear. Actually, ever noticed how the first (...) (26 years ago, 3-Oct-98, to lugnet.loc.nz)
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