Comments on: Podcast: Making an Order on the Phone http://www.transparent.com/portuguese/podcast-making-an-order-on-the-phone/ Language and Culture of the Portuguese-Speaking World Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:49:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Antonio Fonseca http://www.transparent.com/portuguese/podcast-making-an-order-on-the-phone/comment-page-1/#comment-2726 Antonio Fonseca Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:01:22 +0000 http://www.transparent.com/portuguese/?p=357#comment-2726 Só uma observação; "traga" é imperativo e não subjuntivo, é uma ordem, embora polidamente amenizada pelo favor, pois o português é uma lingua polida e gentil. Antonio Fonseca Só uma observação;
“traga” é imperativo e não subjuntivo, é uma ordem, embora polidamente amenizada pelo favor, pois o português é uma lingua polida e gentil.

Antonio Fonseca

]]> By: Sao Paulo http://www.transparent.com/portuguese/podcast-making-an-order-on-the-phone/comment-page-1/#comment-2725 Sao Paulo Mon, 01 Dec 2008 01:34:00 +0000 http://www.transparent.com/portuguese/?p=357#comment-2725 "um pedido" What teachers and helpers of Portuguese don't seem to realize, is that English speakers have a problem with the concept of gender association with nouns. Your explanation is very helpful, except for this omission. You need to tell us why "um" is used and not "uma" When the noun is masculine or feminine. You have no idea how helpful that would be to some one like me. Thank you “um pedido” What teachers and helpers of Portuguese don’t seem to realize, is that English speakers have a problem with the concept of gender association with nouns. Your explanation is very helpful, except for this omission. You need to tell us why “um” is used and not “uma” When the noun is masculine or feminine. You have no idea how helpful that would be to some one like me. Thank you

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