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“Bom dia” (good day) … “boa tarde” (good afternoon) … “boa noite” (good night) were the first Portuguese phrases I learned before my inaugural visit to Portugal in 1979. The flight attendant added “voce fala ingles?” (you speak English?) and “onde esta a casa de banho?” (where is the bathroom?) to my repertoire as I flew through the night to Lisbon. My journey with the Portuguese language had…