Dear Pittsboy, you have astoundingly good English if it is not your first language, but I thought I would offer you some pointers before I ask *you* something:
Pittsboy wrote:Well, I will not even bother to comment this tsk tsk tsk
'To comment' is not a transitive verb (I hope this is the correct terminology); one must say, "I will not even bother to comment *on* this."
Also, regarding the above post, you need a "second of all", or an "also" if you use "first of all", and "either" needs "or" (not "and")
Now my turn (Pode dizer-me?): Where is Portuguese spoken in Europe and by whom? In my ignorance I thought Portuguese was only spoken in Brazil. Did it develop originally into Portuguese from Spanish in Europe? Or more directly from Latin?
Muito obrigado. (Hee hee.. I found my grandma's Portuguese for travellers!)
Penny
(Bilingual posting action: Woher kommt die portugiesische Sprache? Wo in Europa ist sie gesprochen: Ich dachte, sie wird nur in Brasilien gesprochen. Hat sie sich ursprünglich in Europa entwickelt, und von Spanisch oder eben von Latein her?)