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Miscellaneous

Freeway - Vol. 2. Unit 5 Varieties of English. Miscellaneous. Brazilian and European Portuguese .

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Miscellaneous

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  1. Freeway - Vol. 2 Unit 5 Varieties of English Miscellaneous

  2. Brazilian and European Portuguese  Tupi-Guarani, which was/has been the language used by the natives to communicate with Portuguese and which continued/ have continued to be used in the Amazon until the 19th century, greatly influenced Brazilian Portuguese.

  3. Brazilian and European Portuguese  The word pineapple, for example,is/wasananás in Portugal as in other European languages.But in Brazil, it is/wasabacaxi as in Tupi.The word ananás in Brazil refers/referred to an acid variety of pinapple.

  4. Brazilian and European Portuguese  This illustrates the fact that Brazilian and European Portuguese differ slight/slightly. But the two countries have made/done efforts to standardize/standardise the rules of spelling to make/do sure the written word is mutually/mutual intelligible.

  5. Thomas is learning European Portuguese. Complete his sentences with an appropriate word. Can / will / could / would ...... you help me, please? ...... you please check if these translations are OK? bus: autocarro bus: autobus roof: tejadilho site: sítio French roll: papo-seco

  6. Credits Images: Photostock / FreeDigitalPhotos.net Text adapted from: http://www.intersolinc.com/newsletters/newsletter_34.htm

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