Dr. Branner was a recognized authority on the geology of South American republics, especially Brazil, having organized and headed the Stanford Expedition to Brazil in 1911, among others. In 1910 he published this "little book", as the author himself calls it, for the use of English-speaking students who needed a fast and practical way of learning Portuguese. Contrary to the belief of many back then, John C. Branner claims that Brazilian Portuguese isn't "badly spoken Portuguese", and, even though using examples from both Portuguese and Brazilian writers, seems to give more proeminence to Brazilian Portuguese.(Summary by Leni)
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Funnily, yes, "mandachuva" is still in use. It's also the name of an old cartoon, Top Cat in the US ("Boss Cat" in the UK, wikipedia tells me: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_Cat)
Hi Leni - Sec. 2 [Ch.2] is fine except at 02:38 where you say 'masculine-feminine' and at 02:47 where you make a correction [there's a click], but haven't edited it out.I've never seen the name 'Guimaraes' before.hefyd
meum est propositum,in taberna mori
ut sint vina proxima,morientis ori
anon.
Ah, ok, I will make the corrections. Thanks much, hefyd!
Guimarães is a fairly common name in Brazil. One of the most important Brazilan novelists from the 20th century, for example, was Guimarães Rosa. In the past it was spelled Guimaraens, I think.
