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PedroPVZ @ wikipedia since 14 Nov 2003

File:Galicia1.jpg
My hand in the Portuguese-Spanish (Galicia) border. I'm in a typical Northern Portugal "Espigueiro" in Galicia. I thought it was missplaced.

Olá! (Hi!) I'm just another guy from a corner of the world that is Portugal.

I contribute to two wikipedias: The Portuguese language and the English. In the English one, I contribute to subjects about Portugal, and former colonies, in matters as History, Language and culture - mostly. In the portuguese: I often do translations from English (mainly) (and decenter anglo-saxon views to Portuguese, Brazilian and African views of the world.) and I try to coloborate in subjects that are specific to these countries (with the possibility to translate it to English).

That's Me

File:Guimaraes1.jpg
Upper part of my head in Guimarães (near Guimarães Castle and Palace of Bragança) with the First king of Portugal. Someday I'll be a hero and king like him

Languages

Portuguese

  • My language
  • Read: Fluent
  • Write: Fluent
  • Speak: Fluent

Spanish

  • since 6-10 yrs old
  • Read: Fluent
  • Write: near-Fluent
  • Speak: Fluent

Galician dialect

  • since 6-12 yrs old
  • Read: Fluent
  • Write: near-Fluent
  • Speak: Fluent

English

  • since 10-11 yrs old
  • Read: Fluent
  • Write: near-Fluent
  • Speak: near-Fluent

French

  • since 12-13 yrs old (I'm forgetting, I was good when I was a Kid)
  • Read: near-Fluent
  • Write: not good
  • Speak: Moderate-plus

Italian

  • since 15-16 yrs old
  • Read: near-fluent
  • Write: not good
  • Speak: Moderate

Greek (Classical)

  • since 18-19 yrs old
  • Read: low-moderate
  • Write: low-moderate
  • Speak: low-moderate (learning phonetics of Greek at the moment)

Catalan

  • since: 20-22 yrs old
  • Read: near-fluent
  • Write: low-moderate
  • Speak: low-Moderate

Mirandese

  • since: 24 yrs old
  • Read: Fluent
  • Write: low-moderate
  • Speak: Moderate

Portuguese Créole (Santiago, Cape Verde)

  • since 24 yrs old
  • Read: Fluent
  • Write: moderate-plus
  • Speak: moderate-plus

Mini-CV

Areas of interest

History

Astronomy

favourite planets: Titan • Mars • Europa • Iapetus • Miranda • Io • Ganymede • Callisto

Mythology

Technology

Games

Music

artist - (country, language)

  1. Da Weasel - Re-Tratamento (Portugal, Portuguese)
  2. Bruna - Não sou interesseira (Angola, Portuguese)
  3. Carlinhos Brown - busy man (Brazil, Portuguese & some English)
  4. Bruna - Donde esta la fiesta (Angola, Portuguese & some Spanish)
  5. O-Zone- Dragostea Din Tei (Romania, Romanian)
  6. Philipe Monteiro - Bo é Livre (Cape Verde, Portuguese Creole)
  7. Dennis Graça & Suzanna Lubrano - Sonhos (Cape Verde, Portuguese Creole)
  8. Suzanna Lubrano - Nha Sonho (Cape Verde, Portuguese Creole)
  9. Suzanna Lubrano - Tudo pa Bo (Cape Verde, Portuguese Creole & some English)
  10. Carlinhos Brown - tribal united dance (Brazil, Portuguese)


note: I'm not Capeverdian nor Mulatto. I just like Kizomba (music/dance from Angola that spreed throw the Portuguese Speaking African Countries and Portugal). Kizomba is more sensual than Samba, It is maybe its origin.

I like to listen/Dance to:

  1. Kizomba (Angolan)
  2. Dance music (European)
  3. Kuduro (Angolan)
  4. MPB (Brazilian)
  5. Rhythm and Blues (North-American)
  6. Samba (Brazilian)

Wines

I've learned to appreciate wine in college. The Oporto Academic tradition is related to Port wine and Vinho Verde, the two best wine products of the region. Port wine is the wine for the older students; freshmen are not allowed to drink. They drink Aguardente, a very acid and unflavoured drink. In Academic dinners, the used wine is Vinho Verde; it is also the main element of such a dinner. Others than initiated students are not allowed to this parties, but they can watch, but cannot be invited, if it is a full traditional academic dinner, watching is not allowed. Though it's very amusing and different. Vinho Verde is used for cheers, with traditional songs, celebrating the wine and friendship that god gave us. These traditions are century-old ones in Portugal, and done in secret. Normally, outsiders regard this as Bohemian traditions and regard initiation as unhuman. Though those who pass it, like myself, find it just an event to remember for life.

Pages that I've Created

Major Edits

Considerable edits

translate to English, from the Portuguese wikipedia

To translate:

  • Jogo de búzios

To do

Possible articles that I'll write:

  • Lusitania in the Roman Era
  • Articles about Portuguese Africa dances and music.
  • Extend the Portuguese History articles with a style similar to "Historia de Portugal" book Series, diving the History of the Country much like it.
  • Create articles about very important Portuguese figures or improove the existing ones.
  • Create article about the Konii people of the Algarve (a misterious people from early times).
  • Complete articles with myths of Atlantis in early Portugal and the Azorian Findings.
  • Articles about the Portuguese islands
  • extend Oestreminis
  • extend Ophiussa
  • create article about the myths/History of the Templar Knights in Portugal.
  • create article about the wines of Portugal
  • create article about the Culture of Portuguese universitary students.
  • Extend info about the mith of "Brazil island" in the Azores. See under Terceira Island

Doing

Featured article

Carey in 2010
Carey in 2010

Mariah Carey (born 1969) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress. She rose to fame with her self-titled debut album, released on June 12, 1990, and has released fifteen studio albums, most recently Caution (2018). Known for her five-octave vocal range and signature use of the whistle register, she has been dubbed the "Songbird Supreme" by the Guinness World Records. Carey is one of the best-selling music artists, with more than 220 million units sold worldwide, and holds the record for the most number-one singles on the US Billboard Hot 100 by a solo artist. In addition, Carey's singles have spent a record 97 weeks atop the chart, and she is the only artist to have their first five singles reach number one on the chart. Carey has received various accolades, and has been inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the National Recording Registry at the Library of Congress. Rolling Stone ranked her as the fifth-greatest singer of all time in 2023. (Full article...)

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Vowels

ortography sound examples meaning Observation
á, a [a] lá, rato, there, mouse
a [ɐ] ramo, luva branch, glove occurs in European Portuguese. In Northern Portugal, Brazil, etc. it sounds has an [a] or [ã]
é, e [ɛ] café, festa, coffee, party
ê, e [e] você, medo you (formal), fear
e [ɨ] leite, levar milk, to take occurs in European Portuguese. In Brazil it sounds has [i] or [e]
i [i] idiota, milhão idiot, milion
ó, o [ɔ] nó, moda knot, fashion
ô, o [o] avô, olho, grandparent, eye
o, u [u] santo, uvas saint, grapes

Nasal vowels

ortography sound examples meaning Observation
ã, am, am [ɐ̃] irmã, lançar sister, to launch
em, en [ẽ] lembrar, então remember, then
in, im [ĩ] limbo, brincar limb, to play
õ, om, on [õ] limões, montanha lemons, mountain
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