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“Isto é um exemplo de como fazer uma citação em português brasileiro.” “This is an example of how to make a quotation in Brazilian Portuguese.” In both varieties of the language, dashes are normally used for direct speech rather than quotation marks: ― Aborreço-me tanto ― disse ela. ― Não tenho culpa disso ― retorquiu ele.
The consonant inventory of Portuguese is fairly conservative. [citation needed] The medieval Galician-Portuguese system of seven sibilants (/ts dz/, /ʃ ʒ/, /tʃ/, and apicoalveolar /s̺ z̺/) is still distinguished in spelling (intervocalic c/ç z, x g/j, ch, ss -s-respectively), but is reduced to the four fricatives /s z ʃ ʒ/ by the merger of /tʃ/ into /ʃ/ and apicoalveolar /s̺ z̺ ...
Portuguese (endonym: português or língua portuguesa) is a Western Romance language of the Indo-European language family originating from the Iberian Peninsula of Europe.It is the official language of Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Portugal and São Tomé and Príncipe, [6] and has co-official language status in East Timor, Equatorial Guinea and Macau.
Ser is used with adjectives of fundamental belief (Não sou católico, "I'm not Catholic"), nationality (És português, "You are Portuguese"), sex/gender (É homem, "He's a man"), intelligence (Somos espertos, "We are smart"), etc. Católico can also be used with estar, in which case it takes on a figurative meaning:
The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Portuguese language pronunciations in Wikipedia articles. For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see Template:IPA and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters.
Portuguese Speaking World - Countries and Territories where portuguese is spoken - Native Language in Dark Green. The Portuguese-speaking world, also known as the Lusophone World (Portuguese: Mundo Lusófono) or the Lusosphere, comprises the countries and territories in which the Portuguese language is an official, administrative, cultural, or secondary language.
Portuguese verbs have the following properties. Two numbers—singular, plural; Three persons—first, second, third; Three aspects—perfective, imperfective, progressive* ...
São Toméan Portuguese (Portuguese: português santomense or português de São Tomé) is a dialect of Portuguese spoken in São Tomé and Príncipe.. It contains many archaic features in pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, and syntax, similar to Angolan Portuguese.