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- Este fim de semana nós vamos <strike>a</strike> ter o campeonato de futebol Americano. Espero que os Steelers ganhem!
Very good, Adam. Just two not very important mistakes...
We seldom use the preposition "a" before a verb in the infinitive in the everyday, spoken language (at least not in the Brazilian dialect). There are some situations where it is applied, indeed, but it's not worth mentioning once they're rare.
You could also say <em>teremos</em> which is the verb <em>ter</em> in the future tense. It is slightly more formal, but yet used in the colloquial language. Whenever you're unsure about a verbal tense, try using a verb conjugator. I strongly recommend Verbix (www.verbix.com). The only bad thing about verbix is that it requires the first person singular for conjugating Portuguese verbs, so you have to know by heart at least this verbal form in order to use it. But it's not that difficult...most Portuguese verbs are conjugated in the first person singular simply by removing the infinitive marker and adding the termination o. The verbs ending in -ar are specially easy. They are always conjugated the same way.
AMAR (Infinitive marker: -ar)
Eu amo
Você ama
Ele ama
Nós amamos
Vocês amam
Eles amam
CANTAR
Eu canto
Você canta
Ele canta
Nós cantamos
Vocês cantam
Eles cantam
And second thing is...take care when using or not using the graphic accents. Sometimes, a simple accent totally changes the meaning of a word or even a whole sentence. Nos and nós aren't the same thing.
E.g.:
Você pode nos dizer onde é o w.c. ?
<em>Can you tell us where is the w.c. ?</em>
Nós falamos bastante.
<em>We</em><em> talk a lot.</em>
Nos falamos bastante.
<em>We talk a lot to each other.</em>
De repente, nós nos olhamos.
Suddenly, we looked at each other.
E então nos perguntamos se estávamos mesmo certos...
<em>And then we asked ourselves if were we really right...</em>0 votedFebruary 4, 20112 - Ʌlexandre said:
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</em>"<em>ontem, meus pais chegaram da Tailândia</em>"
If the Brazilian dialect is what coreana is actually seeking, then you do well to consider her usage of the prepposition <em>de</em> instead of <em>da</em> a mistake. But you should be aware that, in the European dialect, gender is generally not applied to the preppostion <em>de</em> before names (either names of people or places), so that her phrase is absolutely correct (despite the missing graphic accent <em>â</em>, which she couldn't insert, I suppose, because her keyboard doesn't actually contain that character).
<em>"uma festa tradicional de ano novo</em>"
I actually know nothing about the Korean language but, considering the nature of her mistake, I wonder if this language even have any sort of article. Korean is an ancient language, and most ancient languages had no article at all, defined (<em>the</em>) or undefined (<em>a</em>, <em>an</em>, <em>some</em> etc).
E.g. the Latin phrase "<em>Femin</em>æ rosarum coronas amant" might mean either "Women love crowns of roses" or "Some women love the crowns of roses" or even "Women love some crowns of roses". And translating it to Portuguese brings up even more ambiguity, once the Portuguese Language deals better with articles than the English language, thus allowing it to be placed in several different positions within a sentence: "As mulheres amam umas coroas de rosas", "Mulheres amam as coroas de rosas", "As mulheres amam as coroas de rosas".
So this kind of mistake - come from a Korean student - must be emended, but comprehended. You should be aware that these are totally different languages, so that she's supposed to learn several things which doesn't exist in her language, and which she probably has never had notice of before.
<em>"mas não é uma festa como <strike>de brsileiro</strike> no Brasil"
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I honestly didn't get the point in your correction of this phrase, Ʌlexandre. It pretty seems like if you had gotten nothing interesting to write, so you just decided to write it in a different way. The way as she wrote it is perfectly intelligible. I am a native speaker like you and can assure that.
<em>Ʌlexandre: Tanto escritor brasileiro bom e os estrangeiros só pensam em ler P. Coelho…
</em>I won't criticise your opinion about Paulo Coelho, even cause this matter doesn't bring up any interest to me. But I think you have the moral obligation (as someone who means to teach) of at least providing us with the reason why you think so. Otherwise, your point becomes irrelevant.<em>
</em>0 votedFebruary 2, 201111 - "O mérito do homem está em observar a providência divina por trás desses processos e na imitação inteligente deles, e não em dar ênfase à natureza mecânica em si e em reduzir-se a uma automação " Seria interessante se você pudesse mostrar de onde tirou essa partícula. Acredito que ela faria mais sentido se unida à parte que a antecede e à que a sucede.0 votedJanuary 23, 20110
- Ʌlexandre:
<em>Se você quiser compartilhar alguma coisa comigo ou simplesmente bater um papo, estou esperando :)</em>
The subjunctive future-tense 2nd person singular form of the verb "querer" (i.e. <em>quiser</em>) is not mandatory in the context above. And...whenever you apply this verbal form, you should also conjugate the following related verb in a future tense, provided that the action immediately succeeding the condition established by the word "se", on the case above, is a future action. So the most correct way to say that is:
" Se você quiser compartilhar alguma coisa comigo ou simplesmente bater um papo, estarei esperando :) "
However, in everyday, spoken language, either forms are used. E.g.:
<em>Se você contar, eu </em><em>conto</em> vs <em>Se você contar, eu </em><em>contarei</em>
Now, Leonid, this is just a matter of deciding what you are learning Portuguese for. If your intention in learning it is for reading or writting documents, books etc then you should look after the most grammatically correct ways of expression. But if you're just learning it for basic communication and/or curiosity matter, then you shouldn't worry about this.
The way as you first wrote it, Leonid, was absolutely correct (and way more simple than the phrase Alexander suggested) despite missing the graphic accents, which is naturally comprehensible given that your keyboard, I suppose, does not contain those characters.
By now, don't worry about complex verb conjugations. There is always some way to say what you want to say without using them.
Best regards,
Napus.0 votedJanuary 22, 20111
