Cristão

Grammar

The Dutch word "ja" (i.e. already) indicates all past tenses, and "ta" (from 'esta', which means "is") to indicate all present continuous tenses and "logu" to indicate future tense.

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These simplified forms correspond with their equivalents in Malay "sudah", "sedang" and "akan" respectively.

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A peculiarity of the language is the pronoun "Yo" (meaning "I") which is used in Spanish and Italian/Sicilian.

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The leading expert in this field is Monsignior Manuel Texeira (also known respectfully as the "Old Man of Macau"), who has written some volumes on the subject.

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