Does anyone out there speak Portuguese?
By bsclarinet
@bsclarinet (109)
United States
December 15, 2008 7:37pm CST
I have been learning Brazilian Portuguese for about a year now, and I absolutely love the language. I have decided to start studying it in college next semester and to minor in Portuguese. Does anyone here speak Portuguese? Brazilian or European? Are you a native speaker? If not, how did you learn the language? Did you take formal classes or learn on your own?
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@dunha88 (13)
• Brazil
18 Dec 08
I'm Brazilian. Portuguese is beatiful but maybe you'll have some trouble to understand the language. I mean, Brazil is pretty big so there are a few different accents. People from north have a completely different accent from the south. But I assume every language have this kind of problem. Also a language reform was signed and will take place in 2009, so there'll be no difference from Brazilian Portuguese and any other one, apart from accents and pronounciation
@bsclarinet (109)
• United States
19 Dec 08
Você é brasileiro?! Muito prazer te conheçer.....well, kinda! rsrs I've only been to Rio de Janeiro. (Both times I've been to Brazil) So, I'm used to Carioca accents. I guess that's what I model my accent after also. I recently met a Brazilian from Recife here in Tennessee, and when we were speaking in Portuguese, he told me that I had a really nice accent. That's the Carioca stuff coming out! hahaha. I didn't know about the language reform though. That's interesting. What part of Brazil are you from? Do you still live there now, or did you move abroad?
tchau!
