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In Portuguese, although ‘sim’ means yes, when answering a question in the affirmative you often use the same verb as the question. For example: “Gosta frango?
by blowski 9y ago
In Portuguese, although ‘sim’ means yes, when answering a question in the affirmative you often use the same verb as the question.
For example: “Gosta frango? Gosto.” “Do you like chicken? I like it.”
Also, it’s common to say ‘isso’ to agree with something. It means ‘this’ and Anglophones are now doing the same thing, at least online.
- icebraining 9y agoPedantically, "isso" means "that". "This" is "isto".
- ralmeida 9y agoTo be fair, it’s almost uncommon to say an articulated ‘isto’ in colloquial spoken language.
- namenotrequired 9y agoMy impression is that the Brazilians use "sim" a bit the same way the french use "si". "Você vai?" "Vou" ("are you going?" "I am going") "Você não vai?" "Sim" ("Aren't you going?" "yes I am")