ENGLISH
PORTUGUESE
LINGUISTICS & CULTURE
PORTUGUESE
LINGUISTICS & CULTURE
|
|
ENGLISH
PORTUGUESE LINGUISTICS & CULTURE |
| Autor: | pat |
| E-mail: | não-disponível |
| Data: | 18/FEV/2003 8:42 PM |
| Assunto: | Re: Articulation of Portuguese language |
| Mensagem: |
Dear Jose, Well, "shall" is rarely used by Americans, but more commonly by the British. Consructions like "I will have gone by then" or "We will have finished by next week" are quite common, in fact. Certainly those Portuguese phrases translated into English would sound strange: "I am going terminated (finished) of to paint" or "I will have terminated of to paint" would be unintelligible. "I will have finished painting" (will have+past participle+present participle!) |
English Made in Brazil -- English, Portuguese, & contrastive linguistics
Articulation of Portuguese language – José Roberto 
18/FEV/2003, 8:02 PM 
Re: Articulation of Portuguese language – pat 18/FEV/2003, 8:42 PM