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#Gender
 
#Gender
 
Unlike Portuguese, Nheengatú does not make a distinction between masculine and feminine nouns. Consequently, it also does not have noun-adjective agreement.
 
Unlike Portuguese, Nheengatú does not make a distinction between masculine and feminine nouns. Consequently, it also does not have noun-adjective agreement.
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  '''Original sentence:'''  Londres taua uiku uaá paranã rembiua upé.
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* (yrl) Ixé iepé apigaua marupiara. → (por) Eu sou um homem sortudo. ("I am a lucky man.")
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  '''Intended translation:''' Londres é uma cidade grande que está nas margens do rio.
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* (yrl) Aé uuapika, asuí umbaú pirá uí irũmu nhaãsé aé i iumasi. → (por) Ela senta-se e come peixe com farinha porque ela está faminta. ("She sits down and eat the fish with flour because she is starving.")
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  '''Differences:'''
 
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#Linking verbs
 
#Linking verbs
 
#Future tense
 
#Future tense

Revision as of 22:49, 28 April 2022

Grammatical differences

  1. Gender

Unlike Portuguese, Nheengatú does not make a distinction between masculine and feminine nouns. Consequently, it also does not have noun-adjective agreement.

  • (yrl) Ixé iepé apigaua marupiara. → (por) Eu sou um homem sortudo. ("I am a lucky man.")
  • (yrl) Aé uuapika, asuí umbaú pirá uí irũmu nhaãsé aé i iumasi. → (por) Ela senta-se e come peixe com farinha porque ela está faminta. ("She sits down and eat the fish with flour because she is starving.")
  1. Linking verbs
  2. Future tense
  3. Past tense
  4. Definite article
  5. Word order
  6. Tags used
  7. Genitive case

yrl→por tests

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