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I'm an independent video games developer, I know some English and now I'm studying Japanese. I'm creative and self-taught. Let's exchange knowledge and practice languages together.
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    "If one day you discover a cafe called 'Tea Amo' in Gulangyu Islet of Amoy, that (one) must belong to me, for I would spend my rest of life waiting for you." "Se um dia você descobrir um café chamado 'Tea Amo' na ilha de Gulangyu, em Amoy, este deverá pertencer a mim, pois eu gastaria o resto da minha vida esperando por você." I'm not sure if you wanted to say "I love You" or if you made a pun with English "tea" and "te amo" to create the "Tea Amo" name for a cafe. So I kept "Tea Amo". You don't have to specifically refer as "ilhota" in this case as you're calling a place and not a geological formation, so "ilha" will do it. You might also want to say "um café ... na ilha de Gulangyu, em Amoy" or "um café ... em Amoy, na ilha de Gulangyu", since it seems you have to mention Amoy to better refer to the island. The conjunction "pois" sounds better then "porque" in that sentence as "porque" is closer to "because" and "pois" is closer to that specific meaning of "for"/"since". In the case of "porque" it also never uses the article "o" in the middle, but there are some annoying writing rules regarding it, that don't change anything in how it's said but somebody made it complicated to write for some reason: In the sentence your explaining something: "because"/"since" writes "porque". In the sentence you're asking the reason/cause for something: "why" writes "por que" and "why?" writes "por quê?" In the sentence you're asking the reason for something: "reason" writes "porquê". But all sound the same, only writing has this problem, so don't worry much about it and try to avoid the last case using "razão" instead.
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    December 3, 2012
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    In Brazil: It's called Natal which means "birth", so celebrating Jesus birth. We have a big meal for dinner in "Natal" eve about 9PM or later and stay awake until midnight when everybody wishes each other Merry Xmas, gifts are either on midnight or in the morning. The core meal is most usually a Red Junglefowl. In 25th we make party-like barbecue for the whole day together with the entire family (all nearby cousin's, grandparents...) and close friends, everybody's kids playing together and such.
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    December 3, 2012
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    It sounds mostly as "Z" than "S" as default, but can come as "SH" is a case of regional accent. It's more evident when the following words starting with vowel sounds, as the sounds is very distinguishable as "Z". Saying "demais" is fine, you don't have to say "demaiz" unless trying to sound as a native, but "demaish" always sounds forced. Curiosity: Brazilians learning english will say "yez" and such, mostly noticeable against vowels as in "yez I do", "yez it iz".
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    December 2, 2012
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    Pequim fica no norte da China. Rússia fica ao norte da China. Not too different than in English: no/na = em (in) + o/a (the) ao/à = a (to) + o/a (the)
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    December 1, 2012
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    It's just people's choice to use either "muito bem" (well done) or "muito bom" (very good).
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    November 30, 2012
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    "Minha habilidade de fala" ou algo em outras palavras como "Meu Português"
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    November 29, 2012
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    Unless it's poetry or something there's no "happy sea", in which case both would be right but with different aesthetics.
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    November 29, 2012
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    Best way to learn any language is by usage. Find a subject you like or fiction that interests you and start reading, the more interested you are in the subject the quicker you forget about the language and get yourself immersed in the meaning.
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    November 29, 2012
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    Barulhada é um barulho muito grande, ou muitos barulhos junto, geralmente que incomoda ou atrapalha.
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    November 29, 2012
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    First notebook entry: Introducing myself <--- What he said I'm Luis Guimarães, live in Brasil and speak a bit of English, basic Spanish and basic Japanese. I'm an indie video games developer. Usually use english on research, contacts and everything else but don't practice as much, mostly read and watch stuff. I want to practice, make friends and help people with portuguese. I'm self-taught and like learning new stuff, so I'm likewise helpful with people on the same boat. Trying to find time to start study Japanese again...
    November 29, 2012
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