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The Portuguese equivalent of the English sentence 'You do not speak Portuguese' is the following: Voce nao fala portugues; or tu nao falas portugues. The Portuguese pronunciation is the following: voh-SAY now* FAH-luh paw-too-GAYSH; and too now* FAH-luhsh paw-too-GAYSH. The word-by-word translation is the following: 'voce' and 'tu' mean 'you'; 'nao' 'not'; 'fala' '[He/She/It/You] speak'; 'portugues' 'Portuguese'; 'falas' '[You] speak'. The first example tends to be used in Brazil. Both examples may be used in Portugal. For peninsular Portuguese still keeps the 'you' [tu] form for children and the close circle of familiy and friends. Portuguese speakers aren't required to use subject pronouns. For the verb endings indicate whether the subject is first ['i'], second ['you] or third ['he/she/it] person. *The sound is like 'ow' in the English words 'how' and 'now'.

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