[You know... after three trips to Portugal and two attempts at learning the language by 1950's and 1990's courses, I still don't know if "obrigada" is supposed to be said BY of TO a lady. No one ever laughed at me when I said 'obrigada' in the supermarket to a female cassier, but I'm still not sure.]
Whatever: thanks for your poetic and beautiful posts!
obrigado is an adjective, as in much obliged, and gender-bound. theoretically you say obrigado and i say obrigada. in true life though, everybody says whatever comes first, one or the other.
Obrigado!
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Whatever: thanks for your poetic and beautiful posts!
of = or
ReplyDelete(of is the Dutch word for or)
obrigado is an adjective, as in much obliged, and gender-bound. theoretically you say obrigado and i say obrigada. in true life though, everybody says whatever comes first, one or the other.
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