Macanese Language

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Introduction to the Patuá by “Riri” d’Assumpção from unpublished Anecdotes from Old Macau.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. [ninja_tables id=”19955″]

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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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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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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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Macanese Language

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Macanese language Jorge Remedios Macanese or Macao Creole (Patuá to its speakers) is a creole language derived mainly from Malay, Sinhalese, Cantonese, and Portuguese, which was originally spoken by the Macanese community of the Portuguese colony of Macao. It is now spoken by only a few families in Macao and in the Macanese diaspora. The

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Patua Verses

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Patuá verses and riddles There were relatively few writings in the patuá (the dialect of Macau); many of these were poems or riddles.  We reproduce here some of them.  Here are two from José “Adé” dos Santos Ferreira. José “Adé” dos Santos Ferreira also published the following poem, which is reproduced here with an attempt

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Patua-Dictionary

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Patuá Dictionary The dialect of Macau was documented by Graciete Batalha and more recently in an excellent booklet by Miguel de Senna Fernandes and Alan Baxter, which included a lexicon which has been reproduced here with audio from the late Mariazinha Machado. Read more about the patuá. Lexicon A B C D E F G

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