portuguese language
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as an english speaker, how difficult is it to learn portuguese? is it comparable to spanish in terms of learning curve, or harder?
also, recommend a good CD or dvd for it?
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learn brazil
- TheBlueOne0
About the same as spanish I think...I mangle both languages, but understand far more portuguese, but I hang with a lot of brazilians....and as far as a good cd/dvd are you talking portuguese from portugal or from brazil..I mean they are similar but vocab and pronunciation are different...the stuff from portugal kinda sounds like your dumb hick cousin from alabama while the stuff from brazil sounds, you know, sexy with more imaginative cursing...
- nicnichols0
Bom Dia...
Rosetta Stone is the easiest, but a little pricey...http://www.rosettastone.com/pers…
Pimsleur also makes cd's for you car so you can hear-then-say as you drive along..
- ftravieso0
My mother tongue is spanish and I speak fluent english. However, portuguese is difficult to understand since the various accents make the learning curve a long one.
- menos0
^ this is true. we have a lot of accents and ways of pronunciation certain words depending on the order of vowels and consonants, which can be a bit hard. I often hear that portuguese from brazil is easier to learn because its more smooth where as portuguese from portugal e is bit more 'harsh' and quick...
Although i don't necessarily agree with TBOs comment about it being 'your dumb hick cousin from alabama'. Actually, in general brazilian portuguese is more basic in terms of grammar than the original language.
- well, you said it..the brazilian is more smooth..that"s what I meant...TheBlueOne
- ..and I was just passing along what some cariocas said to me about their cousins in Portugal...that they just sund dumb..heheheheTheBlueOne
- ..they "sound dumb"...heheheTheBlueOne
- PSYKHO0
I speak Spanish and being a Dane the grammar was a bit of a bitch to learn. There are some similarities with both languages but they are very different, Like I can't understand allot of Portuguese people when they talk fast. I have the Rosetta Stone "Learn Brazilian Portuguese" as I want to learn Portuguese and I will let you know how it is.
- chrisRG0
If you speak Portuguese you'll be able to understand most of Spanish accents and words, specially from Mexico and Spain, but only few Spanish speakers can understand Portuguese language. I dunno why that happen, but it is a fact. And also, Portuguese is hardest to learn than Spanish, English, Italian, French... well at least that's what most non-portuguese natives who learnt it, have told me around the world.
- SoulFly0
Portuguese is a lot harder than Spanish, different phonetics. Spanish has one sound for each vowel - a,e,i,o.u.
Portuguese has different sounds for each vowel. a,á,à,â,ã, etc...
Also the words are more compressed, thus the reason Spanish speakers have a harder time understanding it.
Also, Portugal is like English from Belfast Ireland, harder accent, Brazil is more mainstream.
- Masterramos0
Eu na minha sincera opinião, ia aprender português, isto porquê..?? Porque tem um grande valor histórico....já foi a língua mais falada do MUNDO...!!
- Still today it is the 7th or 8th most spoken in the world!SoulFly
- I think it's higher up than that..I mean I think it's third or fourth..you have chinese, spnaish, english and hindi higher..maybeTheBlueOne
- meltoni0
was.....
may i ask why you want to learn portuguese?
- ESKEMA0
the best way actually learn portuguese would be spending some time in Portugal or Brasil, because what you'll learn in books and courses won't prepare you for the real talk. we tend to speak fast and shorten a lot of words and have lot's of expressions, only listening for a while you'll be able to separate the sounds and words
- +1,
go to Lisbon, you'll love it!chrisRG - +1Stugoo
- +4Masterramos
- there are many beautiful places on portugal...Masterramos
- +1,
- Stugoo0
my gf is portugese, its murder to learn, involves a lot of hard sounds to make, if youve got a good tounge you can make them easier, being scottish its easier for me. altough you have to do the usual distinguishing between male and female with the nouns.
do it though as you can understand spanish and brazilian easier,.
- tparsons0
My Grandmother was teaching me before passing. She was saying rolling your r's correctly is really important.
