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About James Rezende Piton
Expertise
Feel free to ask about the grammar and history of the international auxiliary language Esperanto and also about my mother tongue, Portuguese. I can provide some translation from that languages to English or French.

Experience
I speak Esperanto since 1988 and I write and publish articles, I regularly translate into and from that language and I use it also at familiar level, with my bilingual children. My mother tongue I speak since... ever! ;-)

Organizations
World Esperanto Association

Publications
"Esperanto", "Brazila Esperantisto", "La Lampiro", "La Verda Lupeo", "Hirundo Esperantista"

Education/Credentials
Applied and Computing Mathematics (1993), Data Processing (1987).

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Other Languages - Begin to learn Portuguese

Expert: James Rezende Piton - 9/7/2009

Question
Hi James, how to say this in Portuguese :
ie.:

1. Don't lie!
2. Don't lie to me!
3. Don't drink it!

Answer
Hi, Joe
That reads in Portuguese:

1. Não minta!           [a tilde over the "a" in "Nao" (no, don't)]
2. Não minta para mim!
3. Não beba isso!

That "minta" comes from the
verb "mentir" (to lie):

    eu minto, tu mentes, ele mente, nós mentimos, vós mentis, eles mentem

and that "beba" from the verb "beber" (to drink)

    eu bebo, tu bebes, ele bebe, nós bebemos, vós bebeis, eles bebem

Good luck in your learning! Feel free to make other questions.

Regards,
=james=

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