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LINGUISTICS & CULTURE
PORTUGUESE
LINGUISTICS & CULTURE
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PORTUGUESE LINGUISTICS & CULTURE |
| Autor: | Johannes |
| E-mail: | não-disponível |
| Data: | 16/MAI/2005 12:40 PM |
| Assunto: | Thank you/ please |
| Mensagem: | Back to the topic of a few days ago. It struck me that in Portuguese there are verb tenses that do away with please and are a polite way of asking with out the por/faz favor. This is what I saw for instance at a machine you can draw cash ( multi banco / cash machine?) Wait a moment, please Aguarde um momento Therefore if you say 'Sente-se' for 'sit down please' you use 'sente' em vez de 'senta' and that is in itself a polite form . Please correct me if I am wrong |
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Thank you/ please – Johannes 16/MAI/2005, 12:40 PM Re: Thank you/ please – Maria Valeska 16/MAI/2005, 1:18 PM Re: Thank you/ please – Johannes 16/MAI/2005, 2:47 PM Re: Thank you/ please – Maria Valeska 16/MAI/2005, 3:45 PM Re: Thank you/ please – Breno 16/MAI/2005, 5:42 PM Re: Thank you/ please – Maria Valeska 16/MAI/2005, 8:23 PM Re: Thank you/ please – David 16/MAI/2005, 10:02 PM Re: Thank you/ please – Maria Valeska 16/MAI/2005, 11:00 PM