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Feel free to ask about the grammar and history of the international auxiliary language Esperanto and also about my mother tongue, Portuguese. I can provide some translation from that languages to English or French.
I speak Esperanto since 1988 and I write and publish articles, I regularly translate into and from that language and I use it also at familiar level, with my bilingual children. My mother tongue I speak since... ever! ;-)
World Esperanto Association
"Esperanto", "Brazila Esperantisto", "La Lampiro", "La Verda Lupeo", "Hirundo Esperantista"
Applied and Computing Mathematics (1993), Data Processing (1987).
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| Joe | 11/20/09 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | Obrigado, James. |
| Joe | 11/19/09 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | Obrigado muito. |
| Joe | 11/12/09 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | Thanks. |
| Joe | 11/11/09 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | Thanks a lot. I really appreciate your ..... |
| Joe | 09/24/09 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | Exactly what I need. Thanks a lot ..... |
Olá de novo, Joe 1. Não todos dragães podem respirar fogo (Not every dragons can breath fire) "Nem todos dragões podem expelir fogo" Don't ask me about this "nem", which means "and not" (Nem
Olá (ou: Oi), Joe. Vou bem. E você? > I want to send her a letter. Quero lhe enviar uma carta. (or slightly formal: Quero enviar-lhe uma carta) The pronoun "lhe" corresponds to "a ele", "a ela"
Hi again, Joe I use [] for an optional word. We in Brazil often puts an article before the pronouns: o seu, a sua, a nossa, os nossos and so on. I suppose you omitted the accents for your keyboard
Hi, Joe Never mind. It's a pleasure to try give an answer also about culture. I am very keen to this matter too, as an Esperanto speaker. And such a question gave me the chance to get in contact
Hi again, Joe 1. Yes, but also in Brazil we say "Não é verdade, não", with an additional ending "não" to emphasize "It's really not true". Short phrases like "É verdade, não" are often in regional sayings
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