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by Brazilian dude
Tue Mar 08, 2005 6:02 pm
Forum: Languages of the World
Topic: Spanish grammar mistake
Replies: 49
Views: 111756

I thought of the historical present tense narrative, but really, it is as dead as the "truisms" you espouse. I don't think so. It's alive and kicking. By the way, I agree with everything that Wondering Spaniard said. Hubiese doesn't sound good in the non-if clause, although some writers h...
by Brazilian dude
Mon Mar 07, 2005 7:02 pm
Forum: Languages of the World
Topic: Spanish grammar mistake
Replies: 49
Views: 111756

I don't know how to delete the first one and add that features that allows you to click on a paragragh (which is then underlined when you click on it) taking you to the site I extracted it from.

Brazilian dude
by Brazilian dude
Mon Mar 07, 2005 6:54 pm
Forum: Languages of the World
Topic: Spanish grammar mistake
Replies: 49
Views: 111756

Re: Spanish grammar mistake

For the Spanish experts, what's the mistake in the following text? Los frutos Entre 1726 a 1815, los académicos despojan al idioma de muchos colgajos etimológicos y la hacen más sencilla y práctica. Algunos criterios fijados en esa época siguen vigentes hoy, como las reglas de la b y la v y la escri...
by Brazilian dude
Mon Mar 07, 2005 6:38 pm
Forum: Languages of the World
Topic: Spanish grammar mistake
Replies: 49
Views: 111756

Spanish grammar mistake

For the Spanish experts, what's the mistake in the following text? Los frutos Entre 1726 a 1815, los académicos despojan al idioma de muchos colgajos etimológicos y la hacen más sencilla y práctica. Algunos criterios fijados en esa época siguen vigentes hoy, como las reglas de la b y la v y la escri...
by Brazilian dude
Sat Mar 05, 2005 9:31 pm
Forum: Idioms
Topic: German....
Replies: 23
Views: 88101

I'm not so self-centered to the extent that I would think of my Portuguese as Portuguese or THE Portuguese. The books I have read, the internet sites I have seen, the TV programs I have seen talk about a language that is a common heritage to eight different countries, and one of the most widely spok...
by Brazilian dude
Sat Mar 05, 2005 6:11 pm
Forum: Idioms
Topic: German....
Replies: 23
Views: 88101

A language is a dialect with an army.

Brazilian dude
by Brazilian dude
Sat Mar 05, 2005 11:17 am
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: SURREPTITIOUS
Replies: 5
Views: 16287

I love this word. I can picture a reptile crawling when I see it.

Brazilian dude
by Brazilian dude
Sat Mar 05, 2005 10:49 am
Forum: Idioms
Topic: German....
Replies: 23
Views: 88101

A languages is a dialect with an army.

Brazilian dude
by Brazilian dude
Sat Mar 05, 2005 9:55 am
Forum: Idioms
Topic: German....
Replies: 23
Views: 88101

BD, when you hear the word "Português", what do you think? I think of Portuguese, there's no high or low Portuguese, it's only one language. I don't speak any dialect, and I haven never heard of Portuguese dialects, unless you considered Brazilian is a dialect of Portuguese. Brazilian dude
by Brazilian dude
Fri Mar 04, 2005 4:40 pm
Forum: Idioms
Topic: German....
Replies: 23
Views: 88101

Well, I agree, but when someone mentions the word German to you, you think of High German (Hochdeutsch), don't you? I know that I do.

Brazilian dude
by Brazilian dude
Fri Mar 04, 2005 2:50 pm
Forum: Languages of the World
Topic: Gothic
Replies: 2
Views: 12038

Gothic

I thought some of you would find this interesting:

http://www.so-gutisko-razda.tk/

Brazilian dude
by Brazilian dude
Fri Mar 04, 2005 1:17 pm
Forum: Idioms
Topic: German....
Replies: 23
Views: 88101

But Dir is the dative form of du and dat doesn't even exist, does it? Dat exists in Dutch, though.

Brazilian dude
by Brazilian dude
Thu Mar 03, 2005 2:42 pm
Forum: Grammar
Topic: "Question Tags" they are important, aren't they?
Replies: 28
Views: 114319

I don't see est-ce que as a tag question. Est-ce que simply turns a statement into a question (either that or inverting verb and subject, or in colloquial French, keeping the same word order but varying intonation), it doesn't ask for a confirmation.

Brazilian dude
by Brazilian dude
Thu Mar 03, 2005 12:55 pm
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: TROGLODYTE
Replies: 13
Views: 33022

although it is hardly the case that their type of dwelling «exist[s] only in China»
Why's the s encircled by brackets there? Any subliminal message I didn't catch?

Brazilian dude
by Brazilian dude
Thu Mar 03, 2005 12:52 pm
Forum: Languages of the World
Topic: Slav(on)ic languages' proximity
Replies: 6
Views: 15214

To me, the perfective sentence means something like "he will finish (writing) the letter". In fact, he might even be writing it already as we speak, that is neither implied nor excluded.
I totally agree.

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