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In the movie Love, Actually there is this quote:
"Beautiful Aurelia, I've come here with a view of asking you to marriage me."
However, I've learned that 'marriage' can be used as a noun, not a verb.
Similarly, there are other quotes which are said by the same person, such as
"of course I prediction you say no... ".
I also have learned that 'prediction' can be used as noun, not verb. I am confused with this.
In this scene in the film, Jamie is speaking broken Portuguese. The English subtitles are deliberately also broken to indicate this fact. "Marriage" is always a noun, never a verb. The implication is that Jamie has made a similar error in his Portuguese speech.
Furthermore, "with a view of" is a rather awkward way of saying it. "I've come here to ask you to marry me" is much more idiomatic. Again, the implication is that Jamie's Portuguese is also awkward.
No, it cannot.
The use of it in this film is deliberately incorrect. The words are not spoken in English in the original English language version of the film - they are spoken in Portuguese, and the English subtitles are meant to convey the idea that the character is speaking Portuguese badly. I imagine that the comedy effect of this could be lost if the film were to be dubbed in another language, or if the entire film was subtitled in a different language and those watching did not notice that the character was speaking a different language in this section.
A similar use of "bad English subtitles" for comedy effect was used in the movie 'Four Weddings and a Funeral', also by Richard Curtis (the writer of 'Love, Actually') in which a character learns British Sign Language to communicate with a deaf person. Instead of spelling "nice", they spell the word "mice", which appears in a subtitle.
Marry is the verb. Marriage is the noun. Using one for the other is like saying "can you postage a letter?" instead of "can you post a letter" ... "Please replacement my book" instead of "please replace my book".
Not generally no. it does seem that this is the real quote (you didn't mishear) But it was probably done for a specific purpose. Maybe it was part of a joke or the character is supposed to be stammering a bit, I don't really remember much of that movie.
So while the meaning is perfectly clear it is technically incorrect.
As with many things in English, the answer is "No, No, Yes, No."
No: As per the rules of English, No, Marriage is not a verb, and shouldn't be used that way.
No: As per the traditions of English, there is a 'proper' way to ask that particular question, and in this case, it would be "Aurelia, will you marry me?" if you want to sound more loving or "Aurelia [Aurelia's last name], will do me the honor of becoming my wife?" if you want to sound more pretentious. Marriage proposals in English are generally questions and not statements.
Yes: As English is evolved language, not a managed language, technically there is only one true prerequisite for whether or not you can do something in English, and that's "Will English speakers understand you?" Although worded very oddly, it is clear enough to be understood, and therefore it can, in fact, be used that way. It will, however, cause lots of unintended connotations, however. Depending on tone of voice, it could come across as idiotic, false archaic, or simply unknowledgeable.
No: As far as intent of statement and desired outcome, due to connotations, it will likely fail, even if technical meaning is conveyed.
(Note: In the context mentioned in the original post, it was meant to demonstrate the difficulty in speaking the language.)
