Portuguese

[Porpoise101]

Hi I want to talk about Portuguese because I want to learn it but the question for me is how to accomplish that. If anyone knows Portuguese and can help me then that would be great. Preferably I would want to learn the Brazilian dialect but the European kind is cool too. Thanks!

Edit: OK so I have a plan to make a self designed class but if anyone has some cool language learning resources please share. If there is a way to get in contact with a native speaker also please share, thanks!

[Jean Poutine]

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Buy (or "buy") this and follow it. There's two of them and they should carry you to C1. Find some huehue people on the Internet to supplement/explain. I have a few huehue friends, honestly it's not hard to meet huehues, they infest free online games, just befriend a few there.

I'm taking it in college, that's the book we use. With diligence it's pretty easy to use this stuff solo, though.

[Typhlosion]

If you need anything, shoot me a PM! :)

[wolf g]

it's very good when you try to learn a language

[Porpoise101]

it's very good when you try to learn a language
Yes I think it is too. In the US it is sad because a lot of students don't want to learn languages, be it Spanish, French, Russian, Chinese, our Arabic. They even don't like to learn computer languages. In my school they offer Spanish or French so I am learning French. But I am thinking about minoring in Portuguese if I can in college.

[akselj]

Have you tried Duolingo and Babbel?

[Jean Poutine]

Have you tried Duolingo and Babbel?

Both not very useful.

Everyone who's finished a Duolingo "class" tells me they can barely form a sentence, much less speak. It's really something that's meant for travellers and you can't just use Duolingo either, you have to use something else if you want some vocabulary.

[wolf g]

Yes I think it is too. In the US it is sad because a lot of students don't want to learn languages, be it Spanish, French, Russian, Chinese, our Arabic. They even don't like to learn computer languages. In my school they offer Spanish or French so I am learning French. But I am thinking about minoring in Portuguese if I can in college.

look me too i like learn languages so for me go a head

[Seahawks15]

I would think it would be very close to Spanish.

[Porpoise101]

I would think it would be very close to Spanish.
I've started a bit on it and even though I don't have experience in Spanish I know it is fairly different from French as the Brazilian variety of Portuguese is very "slangy" in its grammar. For example, inversion is not used to ask questions as much and instead they use intonation I think. Also the sounds are not as familiar to me as they are in French when I try to speak. The difference between é and ê is very difficult for me too.

[Seahawks15]

I've started a bit on it and even though I don't have experience in Spanish I know it is fairly different from French as the Brazilian variety of Portuguese is very "slangy" in its grammar. For example, inversion is not used to ask questions as much and instead they use intonation I think. Also the sounds are not as familiar to me as they are in French when I try to speak. The difference between é and ê is very difficult for me too.

Indeed,it's more close to Spanish than it is French.