Thanks, Margaret.(Please pardon the lack of diacritical marks - my NYU email has confounded my efforts to employ them.)
I received a scholarship from the Ministerio do Negocios Estrangeiro and spent a month studying Portuguese language/grammar and culture at the Universidade de Lisboa, Departamento de Lingua e Cultura Portuguesea. This was one year after the two semesters I took elementary Brazilian portuguese language classes at NYU (where I was teaching painting and drawing). These experiences, back-to-back, highlighted the differences between Iberian and Brazilian Portuguese and have made me aware of the nuances. I love both and have immediate family from Acores, Lisboa, e Sao Paul, Brazil. :) ----- Original Message ----- From: Margaret Vicente <margaretvice...@gmail.com> Date: Saturday, January 2, 2010 11:22 am Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Learn basic Portuguese To: azores@googlegroups.com > Carlos, npt necessarily, legal in PT also means "esta certo/direito" "that's > right or that's correct" > > > On Fri, Jan 1, 2010 at 9:02 PM, Carlos Bertemes <bremen...@yahoo.com.br>wrote: > > > Legal in Brazil means nice, beautiful etc.... in Portugal it > refers to > > the law. > > In English you would refer to COOL > > > > > > > > * * * ** ** * * * > > Karlushko - Itajai/SC/Brasil > > Pesquisando: > > Santa Catarina, Alemanha, Franca, Holanda, Belgica, Espanha > > Portugal, Italia, Luxemburgo > > Reinert, Jungklaus, Van der Gocht, Ottekier, Hesse, Laux, Schumer, > > Bertemes, > > Schilling, Fiorenzano, Feijo, Martins, Costa, Dutra, Dias, Silveira, > Gato, > > Sodre, > > Andre, Arruda, Aguiar, Lemos, Machado, Mattos, Silveira, Mello, Miranda, > > Leal > > Quadrado, Rebello, Marques, Brasil, Teixeira, Baptista, Jorge, Van der > > Burggerie > > > > > > --- Em *sex, 1/1/10, John Vasconcelos <gfsjo...@gmail.com>* escreveu: > > > > > > De: John Vasconcelos <gfsjo...@gmail.com> > > Assunto: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Learn basic Portuguese > > Para: azores@googlegroups.com > > Data: Sexta-feira, 1 de Janeiro de 2010, 20:59 > > > > > > The Braziliin slang is defintely more difficult to translate but "legal" > > Brazillian and European Portuguese should not be that different. > > John > > > > On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 4:24 PM, Jacki G. <ja...@cdmmarketing.com< > > > wrote: > > > >> I don't know if I can explain it really but Brazilian portuguese is > >> significantlly different from european portuguese. I think Brazilian > >> portuguese has a much stronger relationship to spanish. My friend > who is > >> from Brazil, often has a difficult time translated the european portuguese > >> for me. > >> > >> Jacki > >> > >> ------------------------------ > >> *From:* azores@googlegroups.com<[mailto: > >> azores@googlegroups.com<] > >> *On Behalf Of *Tony Rodrigues > >> *Sent:* Wednesday, December 30, 2009 9.52 AM > >> *To:* azores@googlegroups.com< > >> > >> *Subject:* Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Learn basic Portuguese > >> > >> Can someone please explain the difference between Portuguese, (as > >> spoken in the Azores) & Brazilian Portuguese. > >> > >> Thanks > >> > >> --- On *Wed, 12/30/09, Mary Ann Santos <m...@nyu.edu< > >> >* wrote: > >> > >> > >> From: Mary Ann Santos <m...@nyu.edu< > >> > > >> Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Learn basic Portuguese > >> To: azores@googlegroups.com< > >> Date: Wednesday, December 30, 2009, 2:44 PM > >> > >> The only drawback is that it's Brazilian Portuguese... > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: rfrancispimen...@comcast.net< > >> Date: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 2:23 am > >> Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Learn basic Portuguese > >> To: Azores@googlegroups.com< > >> > >> > Hi All, > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > If you ever thought of learning basic Portuguese Dick Eastman's news > >> > letter has a article about a free course on line. It is published > by the > >> > state department and has been used for a number of years. I > looked at > >> > the Italian program and it is the same one I took when I was in Italy > >> > in > >> > 1977. Even today I can still remember a lot of it. There is one > for > >> > Portuguese which includes audio tapes. You can read the article > at the > >> > link below. > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2009/12/free-foreign-lang > >> > uage-courses.html > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > Richard Francis Pimentel > >> > > >> > Epping, New Hampshire, USA > >> > > >> > Researching Bretanha, Ribeirinha, Ribeira Grande, Achade Grande, > and > >> > Ponta Delgada, Sao Miguel, Acores > >> > for, Pimentel (Costa), Carvalho, Teixeira, Rocha > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > -- > >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> > azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<. > >> Follow the confirmation > >> > directions when they arrive. > >> > For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or > No > >> > Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this > >> > group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. 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