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Exercite no texto abaixo alguns falsos cognatos:
A DAY AT WORK
In the morning I attended a meeting between management and
union representatives. The discussion was very comprehensive,
covering topics like working hours, days off, retirement age, etc. Both
sides were interested in an agreement and ready to compromise. The
secretary recorded everything in the notes. Eventually, they
decided to set a new meeting to sign the final draft of the agreement.
Back at the office, a colleague of mine asked me if I had realized that the proposed agreement would be partially against the company policy not to accept workers that have already retired. I pretended to be really busy and late for an appointment, and left for the cafeteria. Actually, I didn't want to discuss the matter at that particular moment because there were some strangers in the office.
After lunch I attended a lecture given by the mayor, who is an expert in tax legislation and has a graduate degree in political science. He said his government intends to assist welfare programs and senior citizens, raise funds to improve college education and build a public library, and establish tougher limits on vehicle emissions because he assumes this is what the people expect from the government.
FALSOS CONHECIDOS - FALSE FRIENDS Ricardo Schütz
Atualizado em 24 de junho de 2011
Falsos conhecidos, também chamados de falsos amigos ou falsos cognatos, são palavras normalmente derivadas do latim que aparecem em diferentes idiomas com ortografia semelhante, e que têm portanto a mesma origem, mas que ao longo dos tempos acabaram adquirindo significados diferentes. No caso de palavras com sentido múltiplo, esta não-equivalência pode ocorrer em apenas alguns sentidos da palavra, e nem sempre no sentido principal. Aqui neste trabalho são considerados falsos cognatos apenas aquelas palavras que predominantemente ocorrem como tal no inglês moderno. Longe de ser exaustiva, esta lista de falsos cognatos serve apenas para exemplificar o problema com ocorrências comuns e freqüentes. Vejam também nossas páginas sobre ambiguidade léxica (português-inglês e inglês-português), onde muitos falsos sentidos também são apresentados.
É importante também lembrar que é forte a presença de vocábulos de origem latina no inglês, sendo que a porcentagem de ocorrência dessas palavras como falsos cognatos em relação ao português é insignificante - menos de 0,1%. Portanto, o iniciante no aprendizado de inglês não deve preocupar-se com qualquer probabilidade de erro ao interpretar palavras do inglês parecidas com palavras do português.
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Back at the office, a colleague of mine asked me if I had realized that the proposed agreement would be partially against the company policy not to accept workers that have already retired. I pretended to be really busy and late for an appointment, and left for the cafeteria. Actually, I didn't want to discuss the matter at that particular moment because there were some strangers in the office.
After lunch I attended a lecture given by the mayor, who is an expert in tax legislation and has a graduate degree in political science. He said his government intends to assist welfare programs and senior citizens, raise funds to improve college education and build a public library, and establish tougher limits on vehicle emissions because he assumes this is what the people expect from the government.
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