{"info":{"page":1,"countParents":4,"total":5},"models":[{"id":216,"parentid":-1,"children":[],"level":0,"name":"Denice","comment":"I am a French major, but my mom was a voice major, so we always had 501 verb books and random dictionaries lying around. I have always been known for my quickness at Latin based languages, and always loved Portuguese because I could read it and understand it from my knowledge of French, but with my offhand knowledge of Spanish and Italian I could hear it and understand it. Now, I am trying to help my friend with Portuguese, and this site is a life saver! Merci beaucoup! Et si vous avez les questions de Francais, vous pouvez me poser! Tchau! :)","commentModerator":false,"avatar":"","date":"Friday, 02 February 2007","votes":0,"published":1,"class":"ccomment-odd ccomment-comment "},{"id":1062,"parentid":-1,"children":[],"level":0,"name":"Brian","comment":"What is the difference between the words "morar" and "vivir"? If they are the same, what are the geographical differences--in other words where are each they used more?
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\nAlso, thanks formaking this website. I'm a high school student who is in love with the Portuguese language and I'm currently learning Spanish in school. I decided to teach myself another language, and so far, Portuguese is the only language other than Spanish and English that I've learned in depth.
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\nMuito obrigado.","commentModerator":false,"avatar":"","date":"Wednesday, 24 April 2013","votes":0,"published":1,"class":"ccomment-even ccomment-comment "},{"id":1063,"parentid":-1,"children":[],"level":0,"name":"Administrator","comment":"Morar means 'to dwell', viver means 'to live'. They are sometimes interchangeable but you would only ever use 'morar' to refer to a place of residence, not to being alive.","commentModerator":false,"avatar":"","date":"Wednesday, 24 April 2013","votes":4,"published":1,"class":"ccomment-odd ccomment-comment "},{"id":1394,"parentid":-1,"children":[1395],"level":0,"name":"Anonymous","comment":"I have a friend who speaks Brazilian Portuguese and I'm learning European Portuguese in Madeira. We argue about the present continuous as he uses the Estar + gerund and says he can find no evidence in any good grammar book that Estar + a + infinitve is the correct format. Do you know why the difference has occurred in the two Countries.
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