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"On & a gente / ir embora & s’en aller
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outcast
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09 September 2012 at 5:56am | IP Logged

Thanks everyone. It was all very useful information.
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outcast
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09 September 2012 at 5:59am | IP Logged

Spiderkat wrote:

outcast wrote:

I find it interesting that French and Portuguese have generalized the usage of a 3rd person singular to substitute the 1st person plural. Did this happen independently or is there a VL (Vulgar Latin) origin to this feature?
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Are you refering to the pronoun "on"? If so, we do tend to use it very often instead of "nous". A few decades ago the usage of "on" was still considered incorrect in writing and marked as a mistake.

outcast wrote:

Also, in Spanish you simply say "Vete"/"Vayase", no additional word or particle. In French and Portuguese that is not really possible. You say "Vai embora/"t'en vas".

Maybe you wanted to write "va-t-en" or "tu t'en vas".

Completely correct sir/madame... "t'en vas"... yuck!! How did I miss that is beyond me. Thanks.
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