Questions tagged [gendered-speech]
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How do I identify the "gender" of things?
I know that in Portuguese (and other Latin languages) you have "gender" for things.
For example:
A casa é linda.
If I was to say:
O casa é lindo
It would be wrong.
But how do I know when ...
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"Vossa majestade" ou "Vossa senhoria" concordam em gênero com o interlocutor?
Estou a me dirigir à rainha: "Vossa majestade gostaria de ser acordada mais cedo?"
Dirijo-me então ao rei: "Vossa majestade gostaria de ser acordado/a mais cedo?
Tenho uma audiência marcada com D. ...
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Connotation of gender of pet names/diminutives in Portuguese
Just as a preface, I understand this is a quite subjective question, but the subjective parts of language are the parts that it is most difficult for a non native speaker to understand...
As a ...
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Can "obrigado" be used by women?
When first learning Portuguese we (all?) learn that obrigado is for men and obrigada for women.
But then I often hear women say obrigado, too! (And I've made sure I didn't mishear.) What's going on ...
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