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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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Patua Verses and Riddles 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. Graciete Nogueira Batalha (GNB), in

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Patua Verses

Patua /

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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