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Miscellaneous
Freeway - Vol. 2Freeway - Vol. 2
Unit 5Unit 5
Varieties of EnglishVarieties of English
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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.
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Brazilian and European Portuguese
The word pineapple, for example, is/was ananás in Portugal as in other European languages. But in Brazil, it is/was abacaxi as in Tupi. The word ananás in Brazil refers/referred to an acid variety of pinapple.
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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.
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...... you help me, please?
Thomas is learning European Portuguese. Complete his sentences with an appropriate word.
...... you please check if these translations are OK?
bus: autobusroof: tejadilho
site: sítio
Can / will / could / would
French roll: papo-seco
bus: autocarro
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