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In linguistics, a copula (plural: copulas or copulae) is a word used to link the subject of a sentence with a predicate (a subject complement), such as the word is in the sentence "The sky is blue." The word copula derives from the Latin noun for a "link" or "tie" that connects two different things.
A copula is often a verb or a verb-like word, though this is not universally the case. A verb that is a copula is sometimes called a copulative or copular verb. In English primary education grammar courses, a copula is often called a linking verb. In other languages, copulas show more resemblances to pronouns, as in Classical Chinese and Guarani, or may take the form of suffixes attached to a noun, as in Beja, Ket, and Inuit languages.
Most languages have one main copula, although some (such as Spanish, Portuguese and Thai) have more than one, and some have none. In the case of English, this is the verb to be. While the term copula is generally used to refer to such principal forms, it may also be used to refer to some other verbs with similar functions, like become, get, feel and seem in English (these may also be called "semi-copulas" or "pseudo-copulas").
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Brazil (i/brəˈzɪl/; Portuguese: Brasil [bɾaˈziw] ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: República Federativa do Brasil, listen ), is the largest sovereign state in both South America and the Latin American region. It is the world's fifth-largest country, both by geographical area and by population. It is the largest Portuguese-speaking country in the world, and the only one in the Americas.
Bounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the east, Brazil has a coastline of 7,491 km (4,655 mi). It borders all other South American countries except Ecuador and Chile and occupies 47.3 percent of the continent of South America. Its Amazon River basin includes a vast tropical forest, home to diverse wildlife, a variety of ecological systems, and extensive natural resources spanning numerous protected habitats. This unique environmental heritage makes Brazil one of 17 megadiverse countries, and is the subject of significant global interest and debate regarding deforestation and environmental protection.
Paulo is Portuguese masculine given name equivalent to English Paul. It may refer to:
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Rio de Janeiro (/ˈriːoʊ di ʒəˈnɛəroʊ, -deɪ ʒə-, -də dʒə-/; Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈʁi.u dʒi ʒɐˈnejɾu];River of January), or simply Rio, is the second-largest city in Brazil, the sixth-largest city in the Americas, and the world's thirty-ninth largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the Rio de Janeiro metropolitan area, the second most populous metropolitan area in Brazil, the seventh-most populous in the Americas, and the twenty-third largest in the world. Rio de Janeiro is the capital of the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil's third-most populous state. Part of the city has been designated as a World Heritage Site, named "Rio de Janeiro: Carioca Landscapes between the Mountain and the Sea", by UNESCO on 1 July 2012 as a Cultural Landscape.
Founded in 1565 by the Portuguese, the city was initially the seat of the Captaincy of Rio de Janeiro, a domain of the Portuguese Empire. Later, in 1763, it became the capital of the State of Brazil, a state of the Portuguese Empire. In 1808, when the Portuguese Royal Court transferred itself from Portugal to Brazil, Rio de Janeiro became the chosen seat of the court of Queen Maria I of Portugal, who subsequently, in 1815, under the leadership of her son, the Prince Regent, and future King João VI of Portugal, raised Brazil to the dignity of a kingdom, within the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil, and Algarves. Rio stayed the capital of the pluricontinental Lusitanian monarchy until 1822, when the War of Brazilian Independence began. This is one of the few instances in history that the capital of a colonising country officially shifted to a city in one of its colonies. Rio de Janeiro subsequently served as the capital of the independent monarchy, the Empire of Brazil, until 1889, and then the capital of a republican Brazil until 1960 when the capital was transferred to Brasília.
Brazilian Thoroughfare by Klaus Doldinger taken from the compilation album 'Brazilian Thoroughfare' (1994 / Luv N' Haight ) : the original album 'the Ambassador' (1969 / Ger Liberty )
A passenger bus plunged from a 30-foot-high viaduct in central Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday, killing at least seven people and closing the major thoroughfare where it landed. (April 3)
São Paulo - iluminação de natal 2010 === O turismo na cidade de São Paulo destaca-se mais pelo turismo de negócios que pelo turismo recreativo. Grandes redes de hotéis cujo público-alvo é o corporativo estão instaladas na cidade e possuem filiais espalhadas em várias das suas centralidades. Possui entre 410[1] e 550 hotéis[2], disponibilizando ao visitante entre 42.000[3] e 50.000 quartos. O turismo cultural, porém, também possui relevância para a cidade, especialmente quando se têm em vista os vários eventos internacionais que ocorrem na cidade (como a Bienal de Artes, a Mostra Internacional de Cinema e os vários espetáculos com celebridades estrangeiras que ocorrem normalmente apenas no eixo Rio de Janeiro-São Paulo). A cidade conta com uma média de um evento a cada seis minutos. Ape...
A passenger bus plunged from a 30-foot-high viaduct in central Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday, killing at least seven people and closing the major thoroughfare where it landed. (April 3)
In this travel vlog we are enjoying the live music performance on a Sunday afternoon visit to Paulista Avenue which is considered one of the most important avenues and is located in Sao Paulo Brazil. During my Brazil vacation I discovered that the 2.8 kilometre thoroughfare which closes for vehicular traffic every Sunday is the headquarter for a large number of financial and cultural institutions, as well as being home to an extensive shopping area. Paulista Avenue is definitely one of the things to do in Brazil during any trip to Brazil. It's also home to South America's most comprehensive fine-art museum, MASP.[2] and since the 1960s, Paulista avenue has been identified as one of the main business centers in the city of Sao Paulo Brazil. You can follow on Instagram for updates: htt...
Protesters led by the activist group Free Fare Movement clashed with police in Sao Paulo on Friday, as demonstrators voiced their opposition to public transportation fare increases. Police in anti-riot gear deployed tear gas against an estimated 3,000 protesters who had gathered at the city's main thoroughfare. Public transportation fares in Sao Paulo increased from 3 (€0.99; $1.14) to 3.50 Brazilian reals (€1.16; $1.34) last week. COURTESY: RT's RUPTLY video agency, NO RE-UPLOAD, NO REUSE - FOR LICENSING, PLEASE, CONTACT http://ruptly.tv RT LIVE http://rt.com/on-air Subscribe to RT! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=RussiaToday Like us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/RTnews Follow us on Twitter http://twitter.com/RT_com Follow us on Instagram http://instagram.c...
A 22-year-old Brazilian man was arrested on Friday, April 1, after footage of him throwing a rock at the head of a 61-year-old man, knocking him unconscious, was passed to police, Brazilian media reported. The footage shows the attacker, named by Midiamedia as Igor Eduardo Silva Taques, passing the victim on the sidewalk of Avenida Coronel Antonino, a central thoroughfare in Campo Grande. He then turns and throws a rock, striking the back of the victim’s head, and knocking him to the ground. What are the top stories today? Click to watch: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSyY1udCyYqBeDOz400FlseNGNqReKkFd euronews: the most watched news channel in Europe Subscribe! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=euronews euronews is available in 13 languages: https://www.yout...
We present the first 8 minutes of our production "Brazil - Halleluya" (28:52) Production Date: 2011 Duration: 28:52 Copyright : CRTN Language: English Executive Producer: Director: Magdalena Wolnik "Before Halleluya began was a show called Fortal visited by nearly a million people. It took place near the beach on Fortaleza's main thoroughfare. It was broadcast on television and on radio. We began to worry. It was then that an idea struck us, that on the same day as the Fortal show, we should organise a festival of Christian music - to evangelise." Moysés Louro de Azevedo Filho (Founder, Shalom Community). The Shalom Catholic Community, a Catholic lay initiative founded by Moyses Louro de Azevedo Filho, understood that a Christian counterbalance was required to the secular and increasin...
Protesters led by the activist group Free Fare Movement clashed with police in Sao Paulo on Friday, as demonstrators voiced their opposition to public transportation fare increases. Police in anti-riot gear deployed tear gas against an estimated 3,000 protesters who had gathered at the city's main thoroughfare. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ To use this footage please contact the Ruptly Client Desk: cd@ruptly.tv Video ID: 20150117-005 ---------------------------------- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Ruptly Twitter: http://twitter.com/Ruptly LiveLeak: http://www.liveleak.com/c/Ruptly Vine: https://vine.co/Ruptly Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/Ruptly Google Plus: http://google.com/+RuptlyTV YouTube: http://ww...
Protesters have massed across Brazil to demonstrate against the rising costs of both public transport and the 2014 World Cup to be held in the country, following clashes with police over several days. Protesters gathered in four Brazilian cities on Monday in what they hoped would be their biggest demonstrations yet against the increase in transit rates. The protest movement is mainly made up of the middle class and is critical of the government's decision to increase transit rates by 10 cents, to $1.60. Police in Sao Paulo estimated that 30,000 people rallied in the city's biggest demonstration yet. Up to 20,000 people marched in Rio de Janeiro and another 6,000 took part in protests in the capital Brasilia. Authorities said they would respond with force only if protesters destroyed pr...
Brazilian Thoroughfare by Klaus Doldinger taken from the compilation album 'Brazilian Thoroughfare' (1994 / Luv N' Haight ) : the original album 'the Ambassador' (1969 / Ger Liberty )
Protesters led by the activist group Free Fare Movement clashed with police in Sao Paulo on Friday, as demonstrators voiced their opposition to public transportation fare increases. Police in anti-riot gear deployed tear gas against an estimated 3,000 protesters who had gathered at the city's main thoroughfare. Public transportation fares in Sao Paulo increased from 3 (€0.99; $1.14) to 3.50 Brazilian reals (€1.16; $1.34) last week. COURTESY: RT's RUPTLY video agency, NO RE-UPLOAD, NO REUSE - FOR LICENSING, PLEASE, CONTACT http://ruptly.tv RT LIVE http://rt.com/on-air Subscribe to RT! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=RussiaToday Like us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/RTnews Follow us on Twitter http://twitter.com/RT_com Follow us on Instagram http://instagram.c...
A 22-year-old Brazilian man was arrested on Friday, April 1, after footage of him throwing a rock at the head of a 61-year-old man, knocking him unconscious, was passed to police, Brazilian media reported. The footage shows the attacker, named by Midiamedia as Igor Eduardo Silva Taques, passing the victim on the sidewalk of Avenida Coronel Antonino, a central thoroughfare in Campo Grande. He then turns and throws a rock, striking the back of the victim’s head, and knocking him to the ground. What are the top stories today? Click to watch: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSyY1udCyYqBeDOz400FlseNGNqReKkFd euronews: the most watched news channel in Europe Subscribe! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=euronews euronews is available in 13 languages: https://www.yout...
Two hundred and twenty-five individuals from the affected communities are engaged in the recovery effort. There are 11 work fronts in Barra Longa alone. In addition to work to restore houses and public thoroughfares, 220 individuals have been enrolled on professional training courses. The factory that manufactures Brazilian beak pepper jam, a Bento Rodrigues trademark, has also been reactivated.
29/10/2016 The confrontation involved some 100 people along the Avenida Paulista, one of the city's main business thoroughfares. SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian supporters and foes of U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump have clashed in the Brazilian city Sao Paulo — a small sign of the passions the U.S. election is rousing abroad. A right-leaning group called Together for Brazil held a demonstration of support on Saturday, holding up English-language signs with messages including "Brazilians for Trump" and "Hillary for Prison." Scuffles erupted when they were confronted by members of two small leftist groups, the Anti-Fascist League and Revolutionary Periphery. Police say they detained four people. No serious injuries were reported.Scuffles erupted at a demonstration when foes of the U.S...
About 4,000 protesters in Brazil's biggest city Sao Paulo marched peacefully on Wednesday night toward the stadium that will host the World Cup's opening match next week, calling on the government to provide more low-income housing. In the latest protest by Brazilians ahead of soccer's premier event, the demonstrators made their way down a main thoroughfare in eastern Sao Paulo holding aloft banners and blocking traffic. The Homeless Workers Movement (MTST) organised the march. "We are indignant about this mega event (referring to the World Cup) that doesn't benefit the people. This event will happen and we cannot participate, we can only watch on TV. On the other hand, 250-thousand families have no homes in Brazil," said Jussara Basso, an activist and a leader of the Homeless Workers ...
Around 2,000 Brazilian police officers and soldiers met no major resistance on Sunday during the planned occupation of a complex of shanty-towns close to thoroughfares which will be used during the 2016 Olympic Games. The shanty-towns had been long held by Rio de Janeiro's largest drug-dealing faction, barricades had been put up to keep police and soldiers out. However, these offered little resistance to police and soldiers who entered the area in armoured vehicles at dawn and completed their operation by mid morning. Al Jazeera's Gabriel Elizondo was in the Manguinhos favela as the raids were carried out.
++NIGHT SHOTS++ 1. Tracking shot of tanks driving through the streets of Jacarezinho shanty-town 2. Mid of soldiers gathered beside tank 3. Mid of soldier looking out of top of tank 4. Mid of police and soldiers getting into personnel carrier 5. Mid of door closing 6. Pan right of police vehicle driving through shanty-town streets with numerous armed police riding on back 7. Mid of policeman standing on street corner UPSOUND: explosion taking place off screen 8. Wide of police vehicles driving through shanty-town 9. Various of fire barricades burning in street 10. Mid of policeman carrying gun in street ++DAY SHOTS++ 11. Wide of people walking through street of shanty-town with fire burning in background 12. Wide of helicopter flying over Manguinhos shanty-town 13. Mi...
ONE person was shot and killed as violent protests erupted on in Rio's famed Copacabana beach district, less than two months before the World Cup. Two main thoroughfares were closed after angry demonstrators from a slum set ablaze barricades of tyres and hurled glass bottles to protest the death of a dancer, 25, whom Brazilian media say was killed after police mistook him for a drug trafficker. In the resulting protests, a 30-year-old man died after being shot in the head.The victim was taken to hospital but was dead on arrival, broadcaster Globo's G1 web portal quoted health authorities as saying. It was not immediately clear who shot him. Trouble began in the early evening in the Pavao-Pavaozinho favela, which nestles above the well-heeled tourist centres of Copacabana and Ipanema, befor...
I tied on my boots and strapped on my bracelet
to go out and meet some new faces.
Went to the store to buy some dark gin,
and now I know my night's ready to begin.
A dozen friends in my big 'ol car,
my '62 Buick can't take us too far.
Out for the night, it'll be so rude,
gotta hold us down before the night is through.
In Grand Rapids, there's nothing to do.
When you're down it's the same way too.
Gotta get up, do the best that you can.
To be a fool, is to be a man.
Well I went to the party with the big 'ol keg.
They said the way I drank, they thought I had a hollow leg.
Standing around, starting to groove,
with my beer in hand I think I'll plot my next move.
I spot a pretty girl giving me a wink
trying to catch my eye, or so I think.
Such a fool I am, should not have overlooked
that her eyes were only clouded by the smoke.
Well I went to Denny's to buy me some food,
said it's the only place that can put me in the mood.
I order my fries and always complain,
but the way they taste I think I'd rather eat them plain.
But I'm still with my friends, still having fun
talking shit while the night is still young.
But I bet they watch me drink as much as I'm able,
I know they'll laugh when they find me passed out on the table.