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• Is the use of “ne” in Brazilian Portuguese a result of influence from the Japanese “ね?”

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• Fluent speaker of Brazilian Portuguese and English.
  Perfect score on Portuguese language proficiency test. I lived in Brazil for over 2 years working in a variety of fields including teaching, music, law, religion, and international relations.

• I studied Japanese for 4 years at the university and have tutored, trained and studied it on my own for 6 years.

• I CLEP tested into Spanish 301 and did personal study for another 8 weeks. I received an A- in the class where I gave several presentations, read several books, and wrote several research papers in Spanish. I am very familiar with the linguistics, grammar, syntax, and semantics of Spanish but (disclaimer) since I have studied it for such a short time, I don’t know specifics about the individual Spanish-speaking countries.

• Translation and interpretation for various companies and individuals around the world. Mostly Portuguese-English as they are my best languages.

• I’ve been studying SLA (Second Language Acquisition) for 5 years and have experience and training in TESL and general linguistics. I am a native speaker of English from the northwest region of the United States and have a neutral accent. I typically read between 15 and 30 books per year.

• My best credential is that I love helping others learn.