The Language Chronicles: El Choro Lingüístico 💬

[Bajar para español.] [Scroll down for English. ] O português brasileiro, um tesouro linguístico com características únicas, desafia aqueles acostumados à fonética mais estável e às estruturas gramaticais mais uniformes de idiomas como o espanhol. Nesta exploração, analisaremos as fascinantes características linguísticas que diferenciam o português brasileiro, explicando sua divergência das normas gramaticais mais rígidas da sua contraparte continental. Também vamos descobrir nuances, especialmente na forma oral, que devem ser abraçadas para adquirir uma compreensão completa dessa vibrante variante linguística do português. Sistemas vocálico e consonántico instáveis O português ostenta um sistema dinâmico e amplo de vogais e consoantes, diferenciando-o da sua língua irmã, o espanhol. Suas 5 vogais nasais e vários ditongos nasais, juntamente com as outras cinco vogais orais, além do 'e' aberto e do 'o' aberto, adicionam outro nível de complexidade que desafia quem o apre

The subjunctive mood in Spanish is a nuanced aspect of the language that expresses doubt, subjectivity, uncertainty, and hypothetical situations. It adds depth to communication by indicating feelings, emotions, desires, or possibilities . Understanding its formation, usage, and triggers is essential for achieving fluency and effective communication. Here's a concise explanation, with a trick, to help you navigate the world of subjunctive verbs in the present tense. Formation and Elements of a Subjunctive Sentence To form the subjunctive, begin with the first person present tense conjugation of a verb, like "hablo." Identify the stem by taking off the ending -o ("habl-") and apply the opposite endings: "-ar" verbs take "-e," "-es," "-e," "-emos," "-éis," and "-en," while "-er" and "-ir" verbs take "-a," "-as," "-a," "-amos," "-ái

why are there stem-changing verbs in Spanish? Short answer : Because of the distinction that was already lost in Vulgar Latin between long and short vowels in the evolution from Latin to modern Spanish.  Long answer : In Latin, long vowels were additionally naturally tense , while short vowels were additionally more relaxed . This makes sense, since to say a loooooong vowel, the muscles of the mouth have to be more tense than when you say a short vowel. When vowels were reduced from 10 in Latin to 5 in Modern Spanish , "things happened";  and among these, there was a phase where there came to be two vowels that had a closed or open quality ... "o" and "e" like in Portuguese.  Coincidence? I think not. Other Romance languages like Galician , Catalan , Italian , and French , in fact, stopped at this stage of evolution during the Vulgar Latin stage, with respect to "o" and "e" and remain today with at least 7 oral vowels , where the