Dialects
Angolans have retained features of Old Portuguese and have become influenced by African languages. Luanda has the most variety known of Portuguese in Angola: phonetically, vowels tend to be open: dedo ("finger") is pronounced, while in standard Portuguese it is pronounced . This always occurs with the popular parlance and occasionally in cultivated Luandese Portuguese. Another feature is the excessive use of lhe substituting other forms, as in O frango, comeram-lhe ("The chicken, they ate it") instead of Eles comeram o frango ("They ate the chicken"); or even A Maria, lhe bateram ("Maria/Mary, they beat her") instead of Bateram na Maria ("They beat Maria/Mary") or A Maria, Bateram-na ("Maria/Mary, they beat her").
With origin in Kimbundu, a second language for several people, there is an exotic popular grammar use, and unlike the first it doesn't occur anywhere else: A Maria é mais nova da Inês ("Mary is younger of Agnes") instead of A Maria é mais nova que a Inês ("Mary is younger than Agnes").
Another local use is the use given to the word só ("only") to emphasize the verb: Anda só! ("Come on!") instead of just Anda!
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