Hello, folks!
In Portugal, hearing “Olá, Malta!” has nothing to do with a surname. But that is exactly what our kids thought in today's comic strip. The teacher asked the “malta” for silence. And the three of them were confused, because nobody there was named Malta. The whole class started laughing. Here, “malta” means gang, folks, or group. It is an affectionate way of addressing a group of people. The language is the same, but there are words that play tricks on those arriving from Brazil. Miúdos da Ponte and the Brazilian elections. Miúdos da Ponte and the start of classes.
