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Languages – hello, please, thank you

Konkani (Indian language from Goa)

Each part of India has its own language and the taxi driver from Goa airport to Palolem was very keen to tell Lewis the Lion all about the Goan language: Konkani. Although Indian it is influenced by Portuguese due to … Continue reading

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Asian Languages

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American English

Lewis the Lion discovered that it wasn’t just the accent that changed from British English to American English but some of the vocabulary and grammar too, even if his ‘magic words’ – hello, please and thank you, remained the same. … Continue reading

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Portuguese

Portuguese is a Romance language (in other words, it derives fom Latin). It is the official language of Portugal, Brazil and other former Portuguese colonies in Africa: Mozambique, Angola, Cape Verde, Guiné-Bissau and São Tomé e Príncipe. Portuguese speakers are … Continue reading

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British English

As Lewis the Lion has travelled, he has noticed that there are many variations of English spoken across the world and indeed across the U.K. itself.  Sometimes the dialect (words, grammar and accent) changes according to where you live or … Continue reading

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