- Post your second bi-weekly report on your language-learning activities.
These past few weeks we have been focusing on common food items, answering basic questions like “How are you?” “Where are you from?”, differences between Spanish and Portuguese, and finally pronunciations. I really feel as though I am getting a hold of Portuguese, and I am finally getting more comfortable with the language. As they say, practice makes perfect, and I think that looking at youtube videos of how Americans learned Portuguese, and hearing their tips on how to learn faster has helped me a lot as well. I am starting to see literal patterns in the language -- for example, no words end in n in Portuguese, instead the end in m. Pra. is short for para, but only in Brazil, not Portugal.
I am also learning an interesting side of Portuguese because I am learning Brazilian Portuguese. I have been spending more time looking at how Portuguese is different in the two countries, and I find it interesting reading about the cultural differences I never knew existed. I feel as though it is actually more interesting learning Brazilian Portuguese because it has more slang and casualness to it. I hope to explore Brazilian Culture and slang this semester because I believe it would truly be eye-opening. The next few weeks we are going to work on reading magazines, listening to more Portuguese music, common phrases, pronunciations, and casual conversations. I can’t wait for what’s in store!
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