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Country names in Portuguese are mostly quite similar to their counterparts in English, and just as in English, they always start with a capital letter. But differently from English, nationality adjectives start with small letters.

Portuguese adjectives vary in gender and number, and there aren’t specific rules for the formation of nationality adjectives in Portuguese; however, keep in mind that most of them end in the suffixes -ês/esa, -ano/-ana, -ino/-ina, or -ense.

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Finger counting is something all Chinese people use in their day-to-day lives in conjunction with the spoken number, especially when shopping or bargaining. Numbers 1 to 5 explicitly represent amounts; numbers 6 to 10, though, are an attempt to represent Chinese characters 6 to 10.
There are some regional variations in how some numbers are represented, but learn the ones in this lesson first, and you will surely be understood when interacting with Chinese people.
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"How old are you?" can be a delicate question, so before asking it, make sure that the person being asked is someone you are comfortable talking with or someone who doesn’t mind telling their age. Generally speaking, men are more likely to tell their ages than women, especially middle-aged and elderly women.
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The phrase "tudo bem" is very common and has three meanings in Portuguese; the way one applies it depends on the context and the speaker’s intonation.
Speak it with a rising (question) tone, and you will have "how are you?" or "are you okay?"
Speak it with a falling (affirmative) tone, and you will have "I'm fine", "it's alright" or "don't worry".

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"Ain’t" is an informal word that can replace ‘am not’, ‘is not’, ‘are not’, ‘have not', and ‘has not’ in spoken English. It is considered by many to be incorrect or bad English, but actually, it is simply colloquial and acceptable in conversations with friends, family, or any other context where formal English isn’t required.

Since it is a colloquial word, you should avoid its use in formal contexts, like business meetings or academic writing, for instance.

"Ain’t" is often followed by a negative word like nobody, nothing, or no, making a double negative, e.g., he ain’t got no friends. / It ain’t nobody’s business.

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