Runescape in Portuguese

[pureprayer]

I have never met a portugese player in the 3-4 years i play this game, why they chose Portugese?

 

 

 

They chose Portuguese to draw more Portuguese players to the game.

[SwimmyTheDuck]

just learn to speak english

 

 

 

Oh wow. Very nice.

 

 

 

I'm glad that they're working on this!

[The Observer]

Hmm, that's interesting. I wouldn't mind playing on those worlds as I could some words in a different language. :

[Watershape]

I just realised fun orb is in Portuguese too, what i cant understand is what the Brazilian flag is doing there... Its like getting Argentina or Colombia flag to Spanish... they don't have USA flag to English and i believe there are a lot more American players too... so this is very inaccurate and ofending :thumbdown:

 

 

 

Portuguese is from Portugal

[Serpent Eye]

Serpent, I learned English from Yu-Gi-Oh cards...

 

Which doesn't mean it shouldn't be translated though.

 

 

 

Picking up words easily doesn't mean that the language is easy to learn... The syntax is the difficult part. The rules of English grammar make no sense when compared to the simplicity of romance languages - French, Spanish, etc.

 

 

 

I just realised fun orb is in Portuguese too, what i cant understand is what the Brazilian flag is doing there... Its like getting Argentina or Colombia flag to Spanish... they don't have USA flag to English and i believe there are a lot more American players too... so this is very inaccurate and ofending

 

 

 

Portuguese is from Portugal

 

 

 

Brazil contains the world's majority of Portuguese-speaking peoples. On top of that, it is the only Portuguese-speaking country in North and South America.

 

 

 

Perhaps this is what influenced them in their decision to use the Brazilian flag..? I think population may also have played a part - Portugal is home to roughly 10M people, while Brazil is home to over 190M.

[highlanders]

 

English is far from easy to learn... it is one of the hardest languages to pick up, in fact.

 

Sorry to burst your bubble, but English is a very easy language. The grammar and sentence structure is very simple. The vocabulary is straightfoward, and rarely difficult to write. To write well in romantic languages, you have to have extensive knowledge each tense of the verbs, which are full of subtilities. In English, almost nothing changes, you simply add words such as: have, will, will have, had, would, would have, have been.

 

 

 

Take the present tense of any verb, in this case say:

 

 

 

I say

 

You say

 

he says

 

we say

 

you say

 

they say

 

 

 

How more simple do you want it? It's the same thing over and over: say say say say say.

 

 

 

Now here's the verb say, same present tense, in french:

 

 

 

je dis

 

tu dis

 

il dit

 

nous disons

 

vous dites

 

ils disent

 

 

 

Not so simple, it is? And that's just the present tense, you haven't seen anything yet.

 

 

 

In italian:

 

 

 

Presente

 

io dico

 

tu dici

 

egli dice

 

noi diciamo

 

voi dite

 

essi dicono

 

 

-----

 

 

 

Now here is the entire verb in english:

 

 

 

Present continuous

 

I am saying

 

you are saying

 

he/she/it is saying

 

we are saying

 

you are saying

 

they are saying

 

 

 

Present perfect

 

I have said

 

you have said

 

he/she/it has said

 

we have said

 

you have said

 

they have said

 

 

 

Future

 

I will say

 

you will say

 

he/she/it will say

 

we will say

 

you will say

 

they will say

 

 

 

Future perfect

 

I will have said

 

you will have said

 

he/she/it will have said

 

we will have said

 

you will have said

 

they will have said

 

 

 

Past continuous

 

I was saying

 

you were saying

 

he/she/it was saying

 

we were saying

 

you were saying

 

they were saying

 

 

 

Past perfect

 

I had said

 

you had said

 

he/she/it had said

 

we had said

 

you had said

 

they had said

 

 

 

Future continuous

 

I will be saying

 

you will be saying

 

he/she/it will be saying

 

we will be saying

 

you will be saying

 

they will be saying

 

 

 

Present perfect continuous

 

I have been saying

 

you have been saying

 

he/she/it has been saying

 

we have been saying

 

you have been saying

 

they have been saying

 

 

 

Past perfect continuous

 

I had been saying

 

you had been saying

 

he/she/it had been saying

 

we had been saying

 

you had been saying

 

they had been saying

 

 

 

Future perfect continuous

 

I will have been saying

 

you will have been saying

 

he/she/it will have been saying

 

we will have been saying

 

you will have been saying

 

they will have been saying

 

 

 

 

You add some words: will/have/had/been, etc. You add -ing at the end, learn 'said', and then remember which goes where and that's it, you learned your verb. It's extremely simple.

 

 

 

Now here's in french.

 

 

 

je dis

 

tu dis

 

il dit

 

nous disons

 

vous dites

 

ils disent

 

 

 

Passé composé

 

j' ai dit

 

tu as dit

 

il a dit

 

nous avons dit

 

vous avez dit

 

ils ont dit

 

 

 

Imparfait

 

je disais

 

tu disais

 

il disait

 

nous disions

 

vous disiez

 

ils disaient

 

 

 

Plus-que-parfait

 

j' avais dit

 

tu avais dit

 

il avait dit

 

nous avions dit

 

vous aviez dit

 

ils avaient dit

 

Passé simple

 

je dis

 

tu dis

 

il dit

 

nous dîmes

 

vous dîtes

 

ils dirent

 

 

 

Passé antérieur

 

j' eus dit

 

tu eus dit

 

il eut dit

 

nous eûmes dit

 

vous eûtes dit

 

ils eurent dit

 

Futur simple

 

je dirai

 

tu diras

 

il dira

 

nous dirons

 

vous direz

 

ils diront

 

 

 

Futur antérieur

 

j' aurai dit

 

tu auras dit

 

il aura dit

 

nous aurons dit

 

vous aurez dit

 

ils auront dit

 

 

 

Impératif

 

Présent

 

dis

 

disons

 

dites

 

 

 

Passé

 

aie dit

 

ayons dit

 

ayez dit

 

 

 

Subjonctif

 

Présent

 

que je dise

 

que tu dises

 

qu' il dise

 

que nous disions

 

que vous disiez

 

qu' ils disent

 

 

 

Passé

 

que j' aie dit

 

que tu aies dit

 

qu' il ait dit

 

que nous ayons dit

 

que vous ayez dit

 

qu' ils aient dit

 

 

 

Imparfait

 

que je disse

 

que tu disses

 

qu' il dît

 

que nous dissions

 

que vous dissiez

 

qu' ils dissent

 

 

 

Plus-que-parfait

 

que j' eusse dit

 

que tu eusses dit

 

qu' il eût dit

 

que nous eussions dit

 

que vous eussiez dit

 

qu' ils eussent dit

 

 

 

Conditionnel

 

Présent

 

je dirais

 

tu dirais

 

il dirait

 

nous dirions

 

vous diriez

 

ils diraient

 

 

 

Passé

 

j' aurais dit

 

tu aurais dit

 

il aurait dit

 

nous aurions dit

 

vous auriez dit

 

ils auraient dit

 

 

 

Infinitif

 

Présent

 

dire

 

 

 

Passé

 

avoir dit

 

Participe

 

Présent

 

disant

 

 

 

 

 

Passé

 

dit

 

ayant dit

 

 

 

Gérondif

 

Présent

 

en disant

 

 

 

Passé

 

en ayant dit

 

 

 

The verb is very complex. Each tense, and each person has a unique writting. And this goes for french, italian, spanish, portuguese, who all function in a similar way. And that's just verbs, you're not even starting to touch the grammatical complexity of romanic languages. Romantic verbs are filled with exceptions, and grammar writting in general as well, you can rarely rely on a "rule" as there are endless exceptions to the gramatical rules, exceptions which are long and difficult to master. In english, there are very little.

 

 

 

And this isn't just romanic languages. Other germanic languages such as german, deutsch, danish, swedish, etc, are ALL difficult languages.

 

 

 

And that's not even talking about vocabulary itself. English has no accents, little apostrophes, and little 'catches'. All other germanic and romanic languages have accents, and several subtilies in writing.

 

 

 

English is alone in its standing of ridiculous easy to learn language. Sorry, but that's the reality. It doesn't mean americans, or british are any way inferior because of it. But saying your language is hard is a blatant and arrogant LIE, because it isn't. Get your head out of your [wagon].

[hyjack01]

Ever thought about the fact that more different language worlds will attract more '-13 year old' players?

[deyan2]

Here's the dutch one: http://www.runescape.com/a=142/affiliatesplash_nl.ws

 

 

 

 

 

Here a very old message I posted a long time ago:

 

Jagex has written this advert before:

 

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The soure has been removed, but google never forgets something:

 

http://64.233.183.104/search?q=cache:DS ... cd=2&gl=nl

 

 

 

That's about all west European country's there are exept Spanish (witch is a pretty big country isn't it?).

 

 

 

If you type http://www.runescape.fr it will automatically link to

[Serpent Eye]

[langauge 101]

 

 

 

Here, have a cookie.

 

 

 

:thumbdown:

 

 

 

Pick up a dictionary next time before you lecture people on the basics of English. If English is so easy to learn, as you claim it is, perhaps you wouldn't make simple spelling mistakes like "subtilities" and "writting."

 

 

 

English is alone in its standing of ridiculous easy to learn language. Sorry, but that's the reality. It doesn't mean americans, or british are any way inferior because of it. But saying your language is hard is a blatant and arrogant LIE, because it isn't. Get your head out of your [wagon].

 

 

 

I never went so far as to imply that I was somehow "better" than anyone because my language is hard to learn. This idea is something you made up in your mind.

 

 

 

I simply expressed my opinion. You may not agree with it, but that doesn't give you the right to call me arrogant and to tell me to get my head out of my [wagon].

 

 

 

Grow up.

[Monegasque]

[langauge 101]

 

 

 

Here, have a cookie.

 

 

 

:thumbdown:

 

 

 

Pick up a dictionary next time before you lecture people on the basics of English. If English is so easy to learn, as you claim it is, perhaps you wouldn't make simple spelling mistakes like "subtilities" and "writting."

 

 

 

English is alone in its standing of ridiculous easy to learn language. Sorry, but that's the reality. It doesn't mean americans, or british are any way inferior because of it. But saying your language is hard is a blatant and arrogant LIE, because it isn't. Get your head out of your [wagon].

 

 

 

I never went so far as to imply that I was somehow "better" than anyone because my language is hard to learn. This idea is something you made up in your mind.

 

 

 

I simply expressed my opinion. You may not agree with it, but that doesn't give you the right to call me arrogant and to tell me to get my head out of my [wagon].

 

 

 

Grow up.

 

 

 

English is easy. French, Spanish, ... is a lot harder, trust me (do you speak at least these linguages?)!

 

 

 

Glad to see Rs in french, it'll be funny to see wcing called bûcheron or tinderbow called boîte d'allumettes :).

 

Jagex doesn't choose the most spoken linguage in Rs, because they need new players... If they'd do that, they'd choose dutch.

[Evil Pig20]

I have never met a portugese player in the 3-4 years i play this game, why they chose Portugese?

 

I see tons. You don't? :shock:

 

 

 

Would it not be somewhat challenging to know considering they couldn't tell you? #-o

[brunokiller]

You don't want to nknow how much I've been asked if I was Portugese( Bruno is a spanish/portugese name)

[Will H]

[langauge 101]

 

 

 

Here, have a cookie.

 

 

 

:thumbdown:

 

 

 

Pick up a dictionary next time before you lecture people on the basics of English. If English is so easy to learn, as you claim it is, perhaps you wouldn't make simple spelling mistakes like "subtilities" and "writting."

 

 

 

English is alone in its standing of ridiculous easy to learn language. Sorry, but that's the reality. It doesn't mean americans, or british are any way inferior because of it. But saying your language is hard is a blatant and arrogant LIE, because it isn't. Get your head out of your [wagon].

 

 

 

I never went so far as to imply that I was somehow "better" than anyone because my language is hard to learn. This idea is something you made up in your mind.

 

 

 

I simply expressed my opinion. You may not agree with it, but that doesn't give you the right to call me arrogant and to tell me to get my head out of my [wagon].

 

 

 

Grow up.

 

 

 

English is easy. French, Spanish, ... is a lot harder, trust me (do you speak at least these linguages?)!

 

 

 

Glad to see Rs in french, it'll be funny to see wcing called bûcheron or tinderbow called boîte d'allumettes :).

 

Jagex doesn't choose the most spoken linguage in Rs, because they need new players... If they'd do that, they'd choose dutch.

 

Exactly. The demographic Jagex wants to target are potential players who would have started playing the game but don't because it does not support any language they speak. There's no point going for people who will already readily switch to English/German and start playing.

[Monegasque]

Many people say they don't see French, Portuguese, ... players in the game... But they have to understand that everybody in Rs speak english, so they have no reason to speak in their linguage... So, they can't know how many Portuguese players play in Rs...