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How's Portuguese any different in that regard from other Romance languages like Spanish or French?
by Koshkin 7y ago
How's Portuguese any different in that regard from other Romance languages like Spanish or French?
- umanwizard 7y agoI’m not familiar with Portuguese, but for what it’s worth, Spanish has much freer word order than French. Random example: “I can’t do it” in Spanish can either be no lo puedo hacer or no puedo hacerlo. In colloquial French, j’peux pas l’faire is the only option (or, if you prefer the more standard/formal register: je ne peux pas le faire). This despite “le” and “lo” being direct cognates.