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Parab\u00e9ns Leanna for scoring a perfect 20\/20!!<\/b><\/p>\n

First of all, I have to say that I was extremely impressed<\/b> by both the volume and quality of the responses that came in from all of you lovely readers out there. A true testament both to the vigor with which you all pursue knowledge of the Portuguese language and to your pure ability, the results were stellar.<\/p>\n

I hope that this little contest also tells you all that I am always eager to hear from you, the readers, both in the comments on the blog and through email. I hope to be able to better serve you and your specific interests as the blog looks forward to 2008.<\/p>\n

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Though I won’t review the entire contest answer-by-answer, I will discuss a couple of points of interest. 1) Regarding the differences between Brazilian and European Portuguese: there are<\/b> in fact some grammatical differences between the two. Some verbal constructions such as the present progressive are formed differently: estou estudando<\/b> as opposed to estou a estudar<\/b>, for example. Many people noted the difference in accent, which is certainly quite evident. 2) You all seem to have quite a wide range of musical tastes, and a large knowledge of samba instruments! 3) Question #18 (‘How do people in Sampa say ‘Dude?’) tripped a lot of people up. To clarify, Sampa<\/b> is S\u00e3o Paulo<\/b>, so acceptable answers would be meu<\/b> or mano<\/b>. Cara<\/b> is fairly common outside of Rio, but is considered to be the property of the ‘carioca’ speech (though I did accept it for this question). Gajo<\/b> as far as I know it is very European, and not used in Brazil; it was a pretty common response to this question.<\/p>\n

Thanks again to all the readers of the Portuguese Blog!<\/p>\n

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Parab\u00e9ns Leanna for scoring a perfect 20\/20!! First of all, I have to say that I was extremely impressed by both the volume and quality of the responses that came in from all of you lovely readers out there. A true testament both to the vigor with which you all pursue knowledge of the Portuguese…<\/p>\n

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