Oi!
Yes, it's me, Bella, and today I'll be writing about portuguese.
Get your popcorn, reading glasses and drink, and head on over to your computer screen and start reading!
No, seriously. Get something to eat.
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Portuguese is in the Indo-European language family, and is a Romance language, along with French and Spanish e.t.c,.
It is spoken as a native language in Brazil, Portugal, Mozambique, and Angola. Other than that, there are many people that speak it all over the world, but those are the only countries that have it as a main language. Though it is the same language in all of the regions it is spoken in, there are different dialects.
It is remarkably similar to Spanish, one of the dominant languages.
It has many connections to other languages because Portuguese has been an influence on other languages. It has loaned many words to other languages, such as Indonesian and Swahili.
In 216 BC, the Romans arrived and the Romans' language influenced on Portuguese.
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| A Roman Monument in Portugal |
In time, the officail language changed to Portuguese again.
Want to see someone speaking Portuguese?
Here's my mom speaking it.
The language is reported to be one of the fastest-growing languages in the world!
Here are some fun grammar snippets:
-"Tu" (You) is used when speaking to one person and is used when speaking to people in you "inner social circle" and children. Você and vocês are used in a formal occasion and with people you don't know well.
-In english, you would add a a subject pro-noun when saying something like, "They don't know." But in Portuguese, you would just say, "Don't know" (não sabem), but they congregate the verb (in this case, know), so you know who they are referring to.
- Like French and Spanish, in Portuguese they use feminine and masculine articles. The masculine article would be "O" and the feminine article is "A". Heres an example: "O livro" means "the book".
In English, you would just say "The".
- Reflexive pro-nouns are used with reflexive verbs.
- When you express a negative, you put "No" (não) before the verb, where in English you say "Don't".
Example: I don't sing.
Litiral translation: Eau não canto. (I no sing.)
-"Tu" (You) is used when speaking to one person and is used when speaking to people in you "inner social circle" and children. Você and vocês are used in a formal occasion and with people you don't know well.
-In english, you would add a a subject pro-noun when saying something like, "They don't know." But in Portuguese, you would just say, "Don't know" (não sabem), but they congregate the verb (in this case, know), so you know who they are referring to.
- Like French and Spanish, in Portuguese they use feminine and masculine articles. The masculine article would be "O" and the feminine article is "A". Heres an example: "O livro" means "the book".
In English, you would just say "The".
- Reflexive pro-nouns are used with reflexive verbs.
- When you express a negative, you put "No" (não) before the verb, where in English you say "Don't".
Example: I don't sing.
Litiral translation: Eau não canto. (I no sing.)
The word order is SVO (Subject, verb, object,) just like English.
Some languages have SOV (Subject, object, verb) which would sound like this:
English: I am going to town.
SOV language: I town go to.
Funny, isn't it?
There are also more word orders, such as VSO.
What about the portuguese people?
Well, the portuguese people are Atlantic-European descendants.
Alot of people ask this question: What makes the Portuguese people different from the Spanish people, whom they are very similar to?
Well, this question will defiantly be answered.
They are different nations. They have different blood. They have a different language. They have a different culture.
Is that a good answer?
Alot of people ask this question: What makes the Portuguese people different from the Spanish people, whom they are very similar to?
Well, this question will defiantly be answered.
They are different nations. They have different blood. They have a different language. They have a different culture.
Is that a good answer?
Bella :) :) :) .
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| The Lavender, Portugal's national flower. |
P.S. Here are some fun cultural facts:
-13 is considered an unlucky number.
- It is a custom to give flowers to the host/ hostess of a party. (Mostly given to the hostess.)
- At a party or social gathering, people usually arrive 1/2 an hour to an hour before the set time that was given on the invitation.
- When a gift is received, it is considered polite to open it right away.
- Most food is eaten with utensils, including finger food!
For more traditional customs, go to http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/resources/global-etiquette/portugal.html.
Thank you for giving me all of those wonderful facts!
-13 is considered an unlucky number.
- It is a custom to give flowers to the host/ hostess of a party. (Mostly given to the hostess.)
- At a party or social gathering, people usually arrive 1/2 an hour to an hour before the set time that was given on the invitation.
- When a gift is received, it is considered polite to open it right away.
- Most food is eaten with utensils, including finger food!
For more traditional customs, go to http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/resources/global-etiquette/portugal.html.
Thank you for giving me all of those wonderful facts!
2 comments:
Awesome blog Bella! I never saw one that is amazing like yours!
This blog is amazing Bella!!!!!
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