My greetings to everyone

[Enemy Ace]

Sorry for don't introduce myself earlier, I've playing for some days here. My knowledge about english isn't very good, fear I need study more.

I'm a brazilian man, 33 years old. Old arcade games are my passion, specially puzzles and shmups.

I see many very good opponents here. Will be a pleasure battle with you, friends.

[Tails]

Welcome to RU, Enemy Ace!

[StarfoxFan2009]

Welcome to RU, Enemy Ace.

[Dudebro]

Welcome to RU Enemy Ace. Do you live in Brazil? If so where?

Eu não falo o português - is that right? I know a few Portuguese people but the language is hard for me. I know bad words mostly. :(

[Kong]

14 high scores in your first few days is pretty good. Congratulations.

[Enemy Ace]

Thanks for your reception.

Welcome to RU Enemy Ace. Do you live in Brazil? If so where?
Far away of big cities. In a little, really little state called Rondonia.

Eu não falo o português - is that right?
No, it's wrong - you talks a little, yet.

I know a few Portuguese people but the language is hard for me.
Portugal's portuguese, for we, brazilians, is very strange, too. They eat first vogals of all word they talk... Understand portuguese people is always a challenge, because they talks very fast, too.

I know bad words mostly. :(
First thing to learn, on all languages, ever!

[joz]

Welcome to RU! You're english is good enough to understand. Where did you learn your english?

[sabby]

Welcome to the site EA. Hope you enjoy all that RU has to offer.

[Winnebagel]

Hi Enemy Ace,

It has been fun competing with you on some games already. I hope you enjoy the RU experience! Welcome!

[Tails]

Welcome to the site EA. Hope you enjoy all that RU has to offer.
Sabby, where's your witty welcome? :(

[Enemy Ace]

Welcome to RU! You're english is good enough to understand. Where did you learn your english?
Not that good. I see now, the most correct would be to write "My greetings to everyone", right? What the shame... Now I know how a SNK character feels.

I learn almost all alone, reading magazines, books and comics helped by my loyal and pretty old dictionary english-portuguese-english.

[Slime Slayer]

Hey there enemy ace, you got some nice scores going.

[Enemy Ace]

Welcome to the site EA. Hope you enjoy all that RU has to offer.
Thanks a lot. I'm enjoying too much.

Hi Enemy Ace,

It has been fun competing with you on some games already. I hope you enjoy the RU experience! Welcome!
I had much fun too. You're all worthy adversaries. Let's compete more at future.

[Tails]

Don't be so hard on yourself. You're doing great.

[Dojah]

Welcome to RetroUprising Ace. Glad to have another good gamer on here. Its been fun battling with you. Hope you enjoy all the fun things this site has to offer.

[samejamesbond]

Welcome to RU Ace, my mother is Brazilian.
I can understand Portuguese but not speek it.

[Demon-Mask]

I learn almost all alone, reading magazines, books and comics helped by my loyal and pretty old dictionary english-portuguese-english.
That's pretty impressive, you speak better English than most people on the internet, which is good, especially for one who is self-taught.

Either way:
Welcome my son, welcome to the machine.

[Kong]

Enemy Ace this might help Google Translate (http://translate.google.com/#pt|en|)

[Seahawk]

Hey there Ace, I'm glad to see that you posted on the forum despite the language barrier.

Once again welcome to Retrouprising, I hope you enjoy yourself here.

There are many online translating services available, like Google or BabelFish.

Google Translate (http://translate.google.com/)

Yahoo! Babel Fish - Text Translation and Web Page Translation (http://babelfish.yahoo.com/)

I hope I am putting up a good fight for Tetris the Grand Master, you've forced me to become a better Tetris player than I thought possible =).

[Dudebro]

No, it's wrong - you talks a little, yet.
How do you say "I don't understand Portuguese"? I was told by a Brazilian that it's "No intiendo portuguese" but I have no idea how to spell inteindo. I thought that was wrong so I used the translator Seahawk linked it gave me "Eu não falo o português".

Where I live we have a lot of Brazilian immigrants and they seem to understand when I say that first one. Are they just being nice?

I looked up Rondonia and it seems like a nice place. Do you live near any rainforest/jungle or is it mostly cities now? Also how did you find retrouprising?

[Kugyince]

I can feel the blood clots forming on my brain.

[Enemy Ace]

Welcome to RetroUprising Ace. Glad to have another good gamer on here. Its been fun battling with you. Hope you enjoy all the fun things this site has to offer.
Thanks. Seems that we will still face a few times yet, since we both like arcade plataform games.

Welcome to RU Ace, my mother is Brazilian.
I can understand Portuguese but not speek it.
Que legal! Diga que eu mandei um abraço para ela. De onde ela é? Da minha parte, sou um paulista perdido.

That's pretty impressive, you speak better English than most people on the internet, which is good, especially for one who is self-taught.
I'm in the same samejamesbond's situation: I can perfectly understand everything you write, but write back is difficult, because my vocabulary is limited.

I hope I am putting up a good fight for Tetris the Grand Master, you've forced me to become a better Tetris player than I thought possible =).
Thanks to Kong and you, SH, for recommend translators. Fact is, sometimes that machines change entirely what I mean when I write.
You've been my most frequent opponent in these days, a first class player man, really. I wish we can battle some more.

How do you say "I don't understand Portuguese"? I was told by a Brazilian that it's "No intiendo portuguese" but I have no idea how to spell inteindo. I thought that was wrong so I used the translator Seahawk linked it gave me "Eu não falo o português".
"Eu não falo português" it's correct, I was trying joking before - seems I can't make jokes in English... "Inteindo" is the form that some people here says "entendo". Brasil is a big country, and almost each state people have your own accent at portuguese language.
But "no intiendo portuguese", normally, I hear only from italian newcomers.

I looked up Rondonia and it seems like a nice place. Do you live near any rainforest/jungle or is it mostly cities now? Also how did you find retrouprising?
Retrouprising was recommended by a colleague, and I am very grateful to him for that.
When I arrived here in mid 1980's really was a jungle. Now things is different, the state has grown, but is still relatively quiet enough for me.
I think virgin forest is now a state of Amazonas' privilege only.

[JKool]

Welcome Enemy Ace. Nice job on getting those high scores. It took me forever to get mine. I think you English is nice.

[samejamesbond]

My mom's from Belo Horizonte, but we often visit our apartment in Natal.
As a Brazilian I'm sure you know how great it is up there. ;)

[Enemy Ace]

Welcome Enemy Ace. Nice job on getting those high scores. It took me forever to get mine. I think you English is nice.
Thanks.

My mom's from Belo Horizonte, but we often visit our apartment in Natal.
As a Brazilian I'm sure you know how great it is up there. ;)
Mineira, sô! O pão de queijo está garantido! Pão de queijo é dez.
I have never visited Natal, but my parents live in Fortaleza. So I always spend my vacation there.

[samejamesbond]

My mom cooks Pão de queijo all the time, I'm not too crazy about it, but my brother loves it.

I've only been to Fortaleza once, it was nice, but it was at night.

[Demon-Mask]

I'm in the same samejamesbond's situation: I can perfectly understand everything you write, but write back is difficult, because my vocabulary is limited.

Hey, that's a start. I'm good with understanding somewhat limited English, my only advice is to stay with words you would find in a dictionary, English slang is easy to mess up, especially when you have a limited base to start with.

[samejamesbond]

English isn't your native language?
I didn't know that.

[Tails]

English isn't your native language?
I didn't know that.
http://www.valvigirl.net/images/ditto.gif

[Demon-Mask]

English isn't your native language?
I didn't know that.
Was this directed to me?

[samejamesbond]

Yes, You gave me the impression.

[Demon-Mask]

No, English is my native language. I have dealt with people learning English as a second language, and helped them along. If you were to learn English as a second language, that would help, seeing as most of the slang people pick up from old American movies, that show around the world by now, is outdated. Have you noticed that Americans are often seen as cowboys around the world? Or maybe seen the shock that we all don't talk with a heavy Texan accent and say stuff like "This town ain't big enough for the two of us."?

[samejamesbond]

I guess you're right about that.

[RU Joe]

Welcome Enemy Ace, you have found the best site on the net.
You like puzzle games?
This one is exceptional.

Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo (http://retrouprising.com/game-menu/game/4814/) » Coin Op (http://retrouprising.com/game-menu/coin-op/)

[Dudebro]

"Eu não falo português" it's correct, I was trying joking before - seems I can't make jokes in English... "Inteindo" is the form that some people here says "entendo". Brasil is a big country, and almost each state people have your own accent at portuguese language.
But "no intiendo portuguese", normally, I hear only from italian newcomers.
I fully understand what you mean about different parts of Brazil having different ways of saying stuff. The US is the same, I can't understand some of these weirdos half the time(southern people mostly).

That's interesting about the Italian newcomers. I guess it's very close to Italian so they feel comfortable saying it. Some Brazilians tell me Italian is easy for them to learn because it shares a lot of the same words but slightly different. They also tell me english is one of the hardest, I believe it. Our language is full of stuff that makes no sense and most of us can barely understand it all.

Retrouprising was recommended by a colleague, and I am very grateful to him for that.
When I arrived here in mid 1980's really was a jungle. Now things is different, the state has grown, but is still relatively quiet enough for me.
I think virgin forest is now a state of Amazonas' privilege only.Does your colleague use the site still?

What does "state of Amazonas privilege" mean? I don't know much about Brazil or your culture but I'm always interested in learning new things.

Btw Brazil has some of the hottest women on the planet, just saying ;)

Edit- I changed the title to say My greetings to everyone since you mentioned it earlier. Hope that's ok.

[Seahawk]

That's interesting about the Italian newcomers. I guess it's very close to Italian so they feel comfortable saying it. Some Brazilians tell me Italian is easy for them to learn because it shares a lot of the same words but slightly different. They also tell me english is one of the hardest, I believe it. Our language is full of stuff that makes no sense and most of us can barely understand it all.

What does "state of Amazonas privilege" mean? I don't know much about Brazil or your culture but I'm always interested in learning new things.

"No entiendo portuguese" sounds more like spanish to me, except "portuguese" might become "portuguesa". Spanish has a lot of dialects too (mine is Puerto Rican), and speakers also talk very quickly. It makes me wonder how people keep up.

Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian are very related since they have similar grammar structure from my experience. English is very different, especially American English, there are so many rules and exceptions for it.

I think what he means from "I think virgin forest is now a state of Amazonas' privilege only" is that since the rain forest is cut down for development, he means that the untouched forest would only be where the Amazon's (the all women tribe) live.......in other words very deep forest.

[Dudebro]

Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian are very related since they have similar grammar structure from my experience. English is very different, especially American English, there are so many rules and exceptions for it.It's because they're old languages that come from Latin. I heard people who know latin can learn most european languages easier than someone who doesn't. It's the root language of those three. English is too but it's been altered to the point of making it unrecognizable, if I remember right.

[samejamesbond]

Understanding dialects in Brazil can be a pain, because my father often does buisness
in Rio Grande do Sul, he's been dubed a "Gaucho" by my mom's family.

[Enemy Ace]

Welcome Enemy Ace, you have found the best site on the net.
You like puzzle games?
This one is exceptional.

Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo (http://retrouprising.com/game-menu/game/4814/) » Coin Op (http://retrouprising.com/game-menu/coin-op/)
Grateful for your welcome.
Long time I don't play this. Really a good puzzle game, I played some times at my GBA..
And what you think about Puyo Puyo games? Very addictive to me.

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They also tell me english is one of the hardest, I believe it.
I disagree. I think English language logic and comparatively easy to learn. Silly me don't gone to an English course yet, there are many schools of English.

Portuguese is more complicated to learn, because principally for have many "verbal times", tenses, I think is the correct word. Verbs changes greatly depending on the person and tense.

For example:

SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE
Eat (comer)
I eat - eu como
You eat - tu comes
He/She/It eats - ele/ela come
We eat - nós comemos
You eat - vós comeis
They eat - eles comem

You says eat-eat-eat... We, changing verbs' ending all times. Is difficult to learn at first. And sounds bad if someone fail.

Does your colleague use the site still?
I think not. I have not seen him around here these days.

What does "state of Amazonas privilege" mean?
The forests here in Rondonia were largely exterminated. Amazonas, biggest Brasil's state, is harder to access, then it has lasted longer. Only after the damage has already been done, the government took steps to lessen the devastation. Don't misunderstand me: there are still many trees, but the hardwood today are rare.

Brazil has some of the hottest women on the planet, just saying ;)
So hot that burn fingers...

I changed the title to say My greetings to everyone since you mentioned it earlier. Hope that's ok.
I cannot thank you enough for this.
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I think what he means from "I think virgin forest is now a state of Amazonas' privilege only" is that since the rain forest is cut down for development, he means that the untouched forest would only be where the Amazon's (the all women tribe) live.......in other words very deep forest.
Almost right. "Amazonas" is the name of the largest state of Brazil. As it has many non-navigable rivers and few roads, it is difficult to establish.

[Dudebro]

The forests here in Rondonia were largely exterminated. Amazonas, biggest Brasil's state, is harder to access, then it has lasted longer. Only after the damage has already been done, the government took steps to lessen the devastation. Don't misunderstand me: there are still many trees, but the hardwood today are rare.
It's a shame that they waited until it was too late to care about the trees. If people had more options they wouldn't need to clear cut the forests and ruin the land.

I cannot thank you enough for this.
No need to thank me. If you need any help with this kind of thing just let me or one of the other site mods know and we'll take care of it.

[Bluej]

Welcome Enemy Ace! I hope you have fun on here. :)

[Enemy Ace]

No need to thank me. If you need any help with this kind of thing just let me or one of the other site mods know and we'll take care of it.
That's very kind. I'll try not to abuse his hospitality.

Welcome Enemy Ace! I hope you have fun on here. :)
Thanks for the welcome, Bluej. I'm having so much fun.