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A Q for those who have moved to the Algarve
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Hi E-llen, which part of Hampshire?
My advice: Best way to start learning Portuguese is to get the vocabulary under your belt. If you don't know the words how can you string 'em together later.
For conversational Portuguese if you know "bricks" "cement" and "sand" you can soon order them and tell a brickie what to do with'em!
The best way to learn the words is to read EVERYTHING! Get a can of beans or an aerosol or a packet of washing powder, in other words things that you KNOW in English and read the instructions etc and you will soon understand the Portuguese translation. Also films on the television, watch the subtitles which we are blessed with unlike Spain, when they say "Damn you cowboy" you will soon pick up the translation.
Live the language, immerse yourself, don't be shy to try it and be laughed at for mistakes now and then and it will soon come. Go for it!
Até logo (that's "See you later"!)
My advice: Best way to start learning Portuguese is to get the vocabulary under your belt. If you don't know the words how can you string 'em together later.
For conversational Portuguese if you know "bricks" "cement" and "sand" you can soon order them and tell a brickie what to do with'em!
The best way to learn the words is to read EVERYTHING! Get a can of beans or an aerosol or a packet of washing powder, in other words things that you KNOW in English and read the instructions etc and you will soon understand the Portuguese translation. Also films on the television, watch the subtitles which we are blessed with unlike Spain, when they say "Damn you cowboy" you will soon pick up the translation.
Live the language, immerse yourself, don't be shy to try it and be laughed at for mistakes now and then and it will soon come. Go for it!
Até logo (that's "See you later"!)
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Biffa--thats excellent advice...re: reading cans/packets etc every day things.
Although I dont live there now..I still remember those words ..indvidual words stick but its often sentence construction thats difficult.....
How about you giving us a few lessons? Watching films is very good suggestion...I often do this with French films.....
Ate logo....A bientot.!
Although I dont live there now..I still remember those words ..indvidual words stick but its often sentence construction thats difficult.....
How about you giving us a few lessons?
Watching films is very good suggestion...I often do this with French films.....Ate logo....A bientot.!
Hi Biffa thanks for the advice re learning the language.
I am making an effort to improve my Portuguese and most people I know are very encouraging - and patient, although conversations can sound a bit llike Portuguese version of The Two Ronnies.... you remember "two o's" and "fork 'andles."
By the way we lived in Fleet in Hampshire, do you know it?
I am making an effort to improve my Portuguese and most people I know are very encouraging - and patient, although conversations can sound a bit llike Portuguese version of The Two Ronnies.... you remember "two o's" and "fork 'andles."
By the way we lived in Fleet in Hampshire, do you know it?
I'm trying to learn the lingo at the moment !
Best tip is to get a DVD player and hire one of your fave films (the ones you know the words to "Pretty Women" etc. etc.) they all have a massive choice of languages on them now.
I was dead jammy as we went out for Sunday lunch a while ago and the waiter turned out to be from Alvor! So he has agreed to TRY to teach me as long as I teach him. Neeedless to say he has a big headstart on me much to my shame
Best tip is to get a DVD player and hire one of your fave films (the ones you know the words to "Pretty Women" etc. etc.) they all have a massive choice of languages on them now.
I was dead jammy as we went out for Sunday lunch a while ago and the waiter turned out to be from Alvor! So he has agreed to TRY to teach me as long as I teach him. Neeedless to say he has a big headstart on me much to my shame
My wife and we, we started to learn portuguese in a (flemish) evening"escola" here in Belgium, teacher is a portuguese "mulher". After 4 "aulas" of appr. 3.5 "horas", we feel we really are progressing (nao falamos espanhol mas muito bem frances"), certainly if you do it together.
The most difficult is to understand the spoken portuguese. They speak so "rapido" and the "pronuncia" is so different from the "escriver".
We decided to do as a respect for "os genti portugueses", and to have closer contact with them.
We go on and we only can advice it to others.
Gerrit
The most difficult is to understand the spoken portuguese. They speak so "rapido" and the "pronuncia" is so different from the "escriver".
We decided to do as a respect for "os genti portugueses", and to have closer contact with them.
We go on and we only can advice it to others.
Gerrit
We live here since october and we don't find it difficult at all to adjust, but we have been coming out here for 2 years and we already knew a few people.
I agree that you have to make the effort to get to know people.
If you are working here, like we are, it is easier because you have to meet other people and talk the language, which is very important.
I think it is very wise to try to speak the language of the country that you choose to live in.
Vilamoura doesn't appeal to us eather, but places like Ferragudo are beautifull.
I agree that you have to make the effort to get to know people.
If you are working here, like we are, it is easier because you have to meet other people and talk the language, which is very important.
I think it is very wise to try to speak the language of the country that you choose to live in.
Vilamoura doesn't appeal to us eather, but places like Ferragudo are beautifull.