Patua

Patua Primer

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Introduction to the Patuá by “Riri” d’Assumpção from unpublished Anecdotes from Old Macau. Personal Pronouns English Ithou/youhe/shewethee/youthey Portuguese eutu/vosele/elanosvoseles/elas Patuá yow vos/vocehele/elanos/nosotrovosotroolotro Tenses Tenses were generated simply with a prefix: for the past tense, ja  from the Portuguese word já = already; for the present tense, ta (short for Portuguese está); and for the future tense, logo  (from the Portuguese logo = “soon”, but pronounced more like […]

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Patua Verse: Alphabet

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Patuá Verse: Alphabet The booklet on the patuá (Papiá Cristám di Macau) by the eminent scholar, José “Adé” dos Santos Ferreira, included a lexicon. At the start of each letter of the alphabet was a patuá verse and its Portuguese translation. These verses are reproduced here, with English translation added.

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Patua Verses 1

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PATUA VERSES 1 O eminente erudito José “Adé” dos Santos Ferreira escreveu muitas obras sobre o patuá; em seu livreto Papiá Cristám di Macau, incluiu um léxico. No início de cada letra do alfabeto, havia um verso em patuá e sua tradução em português. Estes foram compilados e reproduzidos aqui, com uma tradução em inglês.

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Words and Phrases

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Words and Phrases by Frederic A. “Jim” Silva This is an edited compilation of material almost entirely from articles by Frederic A. “Jim” Silva published in the UMA Bulletin. Sounds of the words and phrases, recorded by Maria de Carvalho e Rego Machado Marques have been added. There are minor differences between the pronunciations and spellings here and those

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Patua Intro

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Patuá: Introduction The Macanese patois (patuá in Portuguese, papiá Macaísta or papiá Cristám in Macanese) is one of the so-called Creole languages which are broadly described as stable languages that evolved from several influences. It is based on Portuguese with admixtures mainly of Malay, Sinhalese and Cantonese. In some sense the patuá was a primitive language and

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Redirect-Patuá

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Patuá – Redirect Over four centuries, the Portuguese who settled in Macau evolved their own language, the Macau patuá, a dialect of Portuguese with infusions from the Malay peninsula, Sinhalese and Cantonese, with a smattering from English and even Dutch.  That so-called Creole language was discouraged in schools, being seen as  the language of the

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Patuá-Publications

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Patuá publications Here we list some writings on the Patuá (the creole language of Macau).  There is a separate chapter devoted to the Patuá dictionary (with audio), verses and videos Batalha, Graciete Nogueira Glossério do Dialecto Macaense – Notas Linguístas, Etnográficas e Folclóricas , Instituto Cultural de Macau 1988 Edição de Fundacão; Coimbra: Instituto de Estudos

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Patua

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Patua Massa praesent sit suspendisse ac volutpat amet. Commodo elit at non neque ullamcorper id. What They Say About Us We have received 400 comments on our website, all complimentary (click here to see the full list).  Here are a few samples. 4.8/5  4.8/5 Costumer’s Rating 1. Thank you once again for the fantastic

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Filo di Quim

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FILO DI QUIM Vôs qui nómi? Miguel de Senna Fernandes* O telefona toca. – Bô-tarde, Gege, por favor.- Vôs sâm quím?- António…- António, quim?- António Rosário…- Qual António Rosário?- António Procópio Menezes da Costa Salvaterra dos Passos Martins do Rosário!!- Cuza??- Pofa! “Boi-Preto” mé!- Ahhh…Vôs! … Pai tá bom?!- …!   O nome de um

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