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Brazilian Portuguese: "Por gentileza, empilhe as cadeiras ao final do dia".
If colloquial or more informal translations are desired:
- "Empilhar as cadeiras não faz cair a mão" (roughly "you won't lose your hands if you take the time to stack the chairs")
- "ô mossss, empilhascadêra fazenofavô?" (A very informal transcription from "Mineiro" (people from the state of Minas Gerais) accent for "Hey girl/boy, [can you] stack the chairs, doing [everyone] a favor [please]?"
Muito obrigado.
I really like your informal suggestions, having some cultural context is awesome!
So I went with "ô mossss, empilhascadêra fazenofavô?" and my friend told me the Brazilian students in her class "lit up!" They were so happy that they wrote a response: "Pó dexa, cumpadi" and apparently recorded a video together talking about how they came across their dialect in an English class at a little school in Australia. Thank you for making a bunch of people smile this morning!
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LOL! It's a funny thing from us Brazilians: whenever we see/hear mentions of either Brazil and/or unique national/regional Brazilian aspects, we tend to get this ecstatic feeling of "Brazil mentioned". Glad you people enjoyed it! 😄
As an Australian, we are exactly the same.
The next language I am going to put up is a lot more obscure, Tokelauan, apparently there are only approximately 4000 speakers. There are certainly no students from Tokelau in the class, but I know my friend will be excited by such a rare language being used, hope that flows through to her students as well. Thanks again, can't express how much your help is appreciated.