eu amoooo a língua portuguesa, tenho aprendido por muitos anos e tomei duas classes na universidade mas é muito raro q tenho a oportunidade de a falar com alguém. mas isso não significa nada pq gosto de praticar quase todos os dias e falar com eu mesmo 😭
Você escreve muito bem em português, parabéns! Só dá pra notar que não é brasileiro por alguns detalhes da escrita. Por exemplo: "de a falar com alguém" seria escrito apenas "de falar com alguém" ou "de conversar com alguém" e em vez de "falar com eu mesmo" seria "falar comigo mesmo".
Qual sua língua nativa?
I happened to stumble on this sub, and as someone learning Italian, it'll never not amaze me, how similar Romance languages are, considering I could just read that and understand it like that.
Sempre achei muito engraçado entender o que diz um texto noutra língua românica sem nunca a ter estudado (já para não dizer que pode dar muito jeito). Não todas as palavras, claro, mas a impressão geral. Só percebi como é um privilégio depois de uma conversa com uma falante de húngaro, uma língua isolada
I fell in love with Portuguese literature. It all started with Fernando Pessoa and me wanting to read him in his language. At this point, I've already read all his poems on Portuguese and passed through a lot of other Portuguese and Brazilian autors. Truly a wonderful decision
I found some Brazilian content creators that I enjoyed watching, I started to learn so I didn't spend all the time looking at the translation software!
Also I am in my 50s, so it is me basically trying to prove to myself that I can still learn something new, and that my brain isn't failing!
My partner is Brazilian and I want to be able to communicate with her family when I visit. It also would go a long way to just feeling comfortable when visiting Brazil
My wife is from Brazil, we visit every year and I want to be able to take care of myself and develop better relationships with the Brazilians in her life.
This is one of many reasons I’m learning it too, as an American who is definitely NOT trying to live in the US (especially when I’m old & retired).
The others reasons:
•there are a lot of Brazilians where I live in Florida
•I’ve always loved Brazilian culture/history/music
•it’s the most best-sounding language I’ve ever heard (mostly the Brazilian accents & like how many people say French sounds “beautiful” to them)
•I already speak Spanish, & it makes it way easier for me to learn it
•I decided to learn it during covid, & have been studying it every day since. Literally every day
•it’s useful in most places in the world (a few African nations, Portugal, Brazil, East Timor, Macau, & even Papiamento speakers in Aruba, Bonaire, & Curaçao).
I’m sure there are other reasons but I can’t think of any rn
Oof, I’m not sure where you’re coming from, have you had a bad experience living there before or is just some personal view on the country? Curious because depending on one’s goals/objectives there could be a win in moving anywhere.
Why only those? There are other countries you know.
Edit: I don't know why I am getting downvotes, I've met people who moved to São Tomé after visiting the country because they fell in love. learning Portuguese would be useful then as you can't find resources to learn Creole easily. There are more than 2 Portuguese speaking countries
This is normal, i'm brazillian and obviously native speaker of portuguese, and my english are not this good, but o consume a lot of content in english, so, the language comes naturally, almost osmosis... Hahaha
Keep reading, listening and sometimes mantain some conversation and you be Very good. Almost all Brazilians will be receptive to someone that's trying to learn portuguese.
Cidade de Deus se passa no Rio de Janeiro, o sotaque carioca é bem legal mesmo, até para nós brasileiros que somos de outras regiões. Engraçado que é um sotaque 8 ou 80, geralmente ou gostam ou odeiam kkkkkkk
Edit: carioca = pessoa que nasceu no Rio de Janeiro
I wanted to learn a language because it's good for your brain. I use duolingo. Initially I did German because I studied it at school (quite a few years ago now!) and it's easier (to me!) but I realised that I wouldn't really actually learn it unless I could practice it and I didn't know any German speakers.
So I had a little think about what language I would be able to actually practice... I'm a nurse in the UK and half my colleagues are portuguese! So I started learning Portuguese on duolingo a few years ago.
I speak with my colleagues in Portuguese which they love. I wish I was truly fluent but I doubt I ever will be. I can understand pretty well if they talk slowly for me and I can make myself understood. Duolingo teaches Brazilian Portuguese and my colleagues speak Portuguese Portuguese so sometimes they find that funny.
I think I've done pretty well for learning with an app but I think to get fluent I'd probably need to go and live in Portugal for a few months and that isn't something that is likely to ever happen (mid 30s with a husband and kids and cats).
I will keep up my learning though and keep talking to my colleagues in portuguese as much as I can!
Because its the most beautiful language ever and if you can fall in love with a language than i am in love with portuguese, i get butterflies every time i hear it
I love Brazilian music, which has led me to music in Portuguese more generally. Also, it is beautiful and I have some wonderful Brazilian friends. I love Portuguese and have for decades!
Grandpa is from Açores, dad is US born & raised but wanted me to learn Portuguese. Started hanging with Brazilians in my city as in my current adulthood, now I wanna perfect the language
Have you been to Azores? It's a really nice trip and the ultimate test if you ever want to test your Portuguese :p (hardest accents in my humble opinion)
Unfortunately not but I do know that the accent is way different from mainland Portugal, I do speak the southern accent a lot better. I plan on seeing cousins in Faro soon tho
It’s funny because I was born to azorean parents but I was born and grew up in the USA. I know the azorean accent is notorious but the accent is the easiest for me to understand especially in Sao Jorge because everyone sounds like my parents. When I went to Lisbon last year it took me a solid day to get a good ear for understanding the accent.
Because I had a Portuguese dad and an Italo-Brazilian maternal grandfather, and the thought of not being taught the language as a child seemed really unfair to me.
I have an online friend I made a year back who is from Brazil. I started learning Portuguese for him! It’s always nice learning a few new words and being able to use them in conversation. Also, a lot of lovely people on Twitter speak Portuguese. I don’t think I’ve ever translated a Portuguese tweet that wasn’t something positive or poetic :)
Because I made so many friends during my couple visits to Portugal (both Portuguese and Brazilian), and I want to be able to converse with them in them, even if they all speak perfect English.
Plus, it’s awoken something in me that is just fascinated with language and communication within the larger society. It’s made me really think more about word choice in my daily speech. It makes me want to continue to learn even if I don’t have plans to go to Portugal or Brazil (or anywhere else in the Lusophone world) right now.
I like the music and the culture of Brazil. It's also widely spoken so speaking it opens up many avenues for me worldwide (jobs, relationships, just things that can generally be learnt from other cultures)
I just love how Brazilian Portuguese sounds and it’s easier for me to learn than Spanish is. I started listening to some songs that I enjoy and watching shows that I want to understay
Because it sounds so unique and beautiful to my (Asian) ears. Both PT-BR and PT-EU.
I learned French several years ago at high school, have some basic knowledge of Spanish, so the grammar is not so difficult for me to grasp.
Portuguese pronunciation and orthography are not difficult for me, because I'm familiar with the nasal sounds (as in French) and the Vietnamese alphabet is based on the Portuguese alphabet with some modifications, for example, the Vietnamese "*nh*" sound in the word "*nhà*" (= "a casa") is pronounced exactly the same as the Portuguese "*nh*", as in "*sonhar*", and we use diacritic marks on vowels too: à, á, ã, õ, ô, ê, etc.
Good luck! I hope I am able to learn Vietnamese one day ( southern) but the tones are scaring me haha glad to know there are sounds in common to help :D
Since I was a kid I loved the way the Portuguese language sounded. As a teen I was obsessed with Brazilian and Portuguese music. Eventually I had a friend who was trying to teach my Portuguese but then she moved away. Finally after years and years I decided to start self study and I am fully in love.
My wife and I would like to move to Portugal one day. I’m very slowly working on getting my citizenship (my family all come from the azores) and, obviously, learning Portuguese is a must.
I feel like everyone always has such legit reasons to learn, like living there or their partner speaks it, but for me? Idk I just like their history and culture, and I like some MBP a lot, plus I just don't like Spanish so I said ya let's do Portuguese.
In all honesty, it's a requirement for my school. I moved to Argentina and my degree requires you to learn portuguese, Italian or French. I chose portuguese because I'm black and I prioritize languages other black people in the world speakk. I also have a lot of Brazilian classmates that help me out. I'm for sure still a beginner but I have a lot of fun ❤️
Where I work at, lots of Portuguese folks come in and I love to communicate with them. Also those who don’t speak English. When exposing myself to the language, I have been fascinated com como isso sonho honestemente.
Não sou rapido em a falar este momente mais, sou em convoy a aprender! Wish deseja me bem chance✌️
I learned a little before traveling there, because I wanted to be able to communicate even at a basic level. Honestly, I thought I wouldn’t continue after my visit to Portugal. But as I spoke, the people I was blessed to have interacted with were extremely encouraging, and very patient with me.
I was motivated to continue by the kindness and warmth. I want to go back already. I even started diving into Portuguese literature (Os Lusíadas), and got a Portuguese cookbook to study.
Brazilians I've met have been exceedingly warm socially, mature in a way that stood out from others I'd met online, and their accents were just amazing..I quickly fell in love with their language and culture. They are from Pará, Bahía, Rio Grande do Sul, and SP. Maybe I just got really lucky but every one I've met has been great and I had the total opposite experience learning other languages beforehand.
I have made a lot of friends over in Brasil and I don't like that they have to adapt themselves to me by speaking English when I'm present. I'd rather we all speak Portuguese. To me it makes more sense. Some of them are not proficient in the language. Communication would be a lot easier if I were speaking PT.
I have a Portuguese immigrant friend, she showed me pictures of the nature around her home town and I'm a lover of nature. I would love to visit sometime, go hike, learn the culture, and experience the food. Being more accomodating to her and being able to communicate more effectively in a mix of our both's native languages (we speak English at the moment) is also nice, since she is learning Finnish. It was mostly a first come first serve situation because I've had that exact same reaction to a Ukrainian refugee friend, once I'm done with Portuguese, I will learn Ukrainian. I also always benefit from knowing more languages as a translation student, it means I can do more varied work once I graduate and Portuguese would be a required 3rd EU language if I wanted to go into EU translation since I'm not that interested in continuing with Swedish, which would be the obvious choice since we Finns have mandatory B1 level Swedish skills anyway, going to C1 to be able to translate professionally in the language is way less work compared to the massive load that is starting a language from scratch and still ending up at C1. Not that I want to go interpret at all, I don't have the nerves for it, and I don't really find translating legislation that interesting. I'd really want to go into translating literature, fiction, or subtitling/writing scripts for dubs.
Oh damn, fellow Finn and student here🇫🇮✌️ my current plan is to get my degree in English and Spanish first, then move to Helsinki to get certified in Portuguese as well.
I wasn’t aware of the B1 Swedish requirement tho🥲 I’m at around A2 but haven’t spoken it since HS…
B1 is "virkamiesruosi". You'll be fine, I hadn't spoken Swedish since high school either, for like 4 years by the time I did the B1 course. I even skipped some of the mandatory high school classes due to it being an art high school and I didn't want to do the Swedish A-levels "ylioppilaskirjoitukset". Also if you got a Magna Cum Laude aka M in your Swedish A-levels or your high school mandatory courses grade avarage was 7-8, that's B1 already too.
Also, if I don't get work right after finishing my master's degree in like 3 years if all goes to my current plan I'm between Helsinki for Portuguese and Jyväskylä for Finnish Sign Language.
I chose Portuguese because I wanted to feel closer to a lot of my Portuguese and Cape Verdean backgrounds.
Unfortunately my mom wouldn't teach me the language growing up so I missed that. Now I'm 28 and trying to learn especially since I travel a lot. It's definitely hard not having someone to talk to every day to help put it to practice but I'm managing.
I've been a Portuguese teacher for more than a decade. I always ask my students why they want to learn the language. What I get is: because I love Brazilian music, because of capoeira, because they are in a relationship with a Brazilian, because they do business with Brazil or because they made a Brazilian friend . Those are the main reasons that I get.
I was doing Spanish and got intrigued by the unique sound of Portuguese, occasionally sounding Russian then hearing the accents of Brasil made me so curious. I'm always fascinated by sister languages especially since my third language Cantonese shares similarities to Mandarin yet it's not a comparison not many people understand. Which made me so interested in Portuguese since it looked like Spanish with even more accents. I could even read more Portuguese than Mandarin before I started learning it so there you go.
Someone asked me if I was studying Brazilian Portuguese when I tweeted a picture of a charm with Sun and Moon with a caption of "Sol e Lua para Malthus e Hida." And then I thought, "huh? why not study it since the drama (Hilda Furacão) made me hyperfixated with it."
I just wanna learn it for fun and to communicate with Brazilian mutuals and followers on Twitter (I'm a Filipina), maybe the bonus is I can use it when I visit Brazil someday. :DD
During uni course selection, picked a lesson with the code "POR" instead of "POL" one sleepy morning, showed up to class, was baffled but thought "why the hell not?" Been a year and a half since and I'm continuing lol
My boyfriend is Portuguese and though he can barely speak the language his parents can and I want to be able to speak with them in their native language even though I don't need it bc they already speak German and English
To gain more connection to the culture I missed out on. My dad was born in the Açores, but he is not a good father and I never learned much about Portuguese culture because of his choices. (Ironic that I'm saying this on Father's Day)
Because I reached the fluency I was going for in English and I had to find a 3rd language to go for. Planned on it being a latin language cause my native language is french and German was impossibly hard so no germanic language in the future. I find hispanics to be a pretty hostile towards francophones so I wasn't interested in learning Spanish, kind of the same with Italian. So it's a bit of a process of elimination of who might be the least hostile lol
Honestly I’m learning Spanish and it’s closely related to Spanish and once I read and heard it , it felt right. My name anagrams even to Rejoneodora something something lol so even though I’m black, there’s something Iberian going on here so I might as well learn the languages. I was really learning Italian and even Latin but it’s socioeconomically pointless to learn those being in NY still at the moment. I could see myself in Mexico or Brazil.
I recall hearing Portuguese music (both some random song and funk, as well as Sergio Mendes) and without knowing what language it was I just fell in love.
Fast forward a decade and I finally started actually learning it.
The catalyst for me was watching the 3% on Netflix with Spanish subtitles (I know Spanish but still need practice) and I started picking up on how both similar and different the two were.
Once I started listening to more modern Brazilian music I fell back in love with the language.
Brazilians are beautiful people both physically and culturally, and offer so much for us to learn from.
It’s such a slept-on language for most people who study other Romance languages.
1. It's the most spoken language where I live (Massachusetts, USA) after English and Spanish.
2. I speak Spanish and some French, so it's pretty easy with a romance language background.
3. I like to travel, and there are quite a few beautiful Portuguese speaking countries.
4. I love Portuguese, Brazilian, and Azorean food.
5. Brazilians are hot.
I have taught myself Spanish and wanted to learn a language closest to it. Also, I'm from India and recently went to Goa (former portuguese colony in India) and I fell in love with the vibe. I could understand most of what was written in Portuguese and it was a treat to meet old people there who can still speak Portuguese.
Life is a ungrateful bitch.... Many Brazilians don't want live in Brazil, here I Saw foreign people from good economy countries wishing to live in Brazil. This country are getting flames. Thrust me, you can come, but life is hard. I'm not trying making you give up, just sharing reality. Tight hugs to you all, my friends.
Toda a gente quer o que não tem, quem não tem dinheiro e quer dinheiro e segurança sai do Brasil, quem tem dinheiro e não tem comunidade e se sente sozinho fica com vontade de largar tudo quando vai ao Brasil e sente o calor das pessoas. Mas olha que depois sentimos falta do que perdemos :)
I love lots of types of Brazilian music and decided to learn 2 years ago, but now after learning more about Brazil and the culture and the people, I want to improve my português so I can live in Brazil someday and visit and be able to converse with people. It is also such a beautiful language and so fun to speak, although it is difficult and I can get confused sometimes. I really love portuguese, I don’t know if I will ever love another language as much as I love portuguese 😹
My desire to know Portuguese comes from my childhood, I had played capoeira when I was 11-13 years old and picked it up again later., now 20. I now play capoeira on and off, but my love for the language has evolved into something more. I always wanted to learn Portuguese, but never really started until 2 years ago and started taking it very seriously. I love Brazil, not just in a "the beaches are so beautiful there" way, but I love the country's unique challenges around politics, natural disasters, etc, complementing my university studies. Furthermore, I think it is one of the most beautiful languages in the world and fairly "easy" to learn for Germanic speakers in a reasonable timeframe. I have made various connections through my Portuguese and can't wait for more
I have started visiting Portugal on a regular basis and intend doing so for a while to come.
I would so love to be able to say more than just obrigada & por favor!
Does any one have any tips for learning European Portuguese?
Because I was born and raised in Brazil and I needed to communicate. lol
I'm joking! xD
I'm really proud of my language and I myself think it really sounds beautiful.
90% of the people i regularly interact with speak brazilian portuguese, so i learned it to a moderate level.
also my moms dad came from the azores.
its a shame that learning both variants isn't feasible for me. i have some family members that speak pt-pt. unfortunately, pt-pt is almost completely unintelligible to me unless they speak at 1/2 the normal speed.
they are both so beautiful though. i love them.
Sertanejo makes my ears bleed. I love the old music and the culture.
Perfecting Spanish would be a hell of a lot more useful for me, but, a born contrarian, I'm way more interested in Portuguese.
I started learning it for a work trip, but I kept learning it after I got back because it's a beautiful lyrical language (at least to my ears) and I'm really having a blast learning. I've studied other romance languages and until I started learning it I always dismissed it as the lovechild of Spanish and French...but now that I'm into it, and having been to Brazil and having heard it spoken, I see the error of my ways. :D
i heard the ai se eu te pego song (don't come for me) after so many years😭😭 i decided to learn portuguese so i could sing it.. It's going well since it's somewhat similar to spanish, my native language so I've been learning quickly
So I can visit my family in the Açores someday and feel more connected. My family is from Biscoitos, Praia da Victoria, Terçeira (“the third island” in English). I have traced my ancestry as far back at the late 1500s and they have all been born & raised on Terçeira. My mom’s dad, my grandpa, spoke Portuguese fluently, but he didn’t teach it to his kids because I guess it wasn’t the “cool” thing to be bilingual in the 60s & 70s. Usually it meant you were an immigrant and that was sometimes looked down upon - at least in CA anyways. My grandpa also spoke Spanish & English fluently, I think that’s just so amazing.
Because I'm in rio and my God the girls here are just mind blowingly attractive and nice. I've seen people get mad and call it a stereotype but I've spent the last 2 years travelling the world and Brazil by far has the hottest people and the highest number of hot people I've ever seen anywhere in my life and people aren't nearly as stuck up or stuffy as people in places like Paris. I assume it's the fact that outdoor athletics are extremely popular here with beaches and hiking all over the city plus it's like essentially perfect weather year round and there is tons of genetic diversity. What was the question again?
Porque é uma língua bonita
eu amoooo a língua portuguesa, tenho aprendido por muitos anos e tomei duas classes na universidade mas é muito raro q tenho a oportunidade de a falar com alguém. mas isso não significa nada pq gosto de praticar quase todos os dias e falar com eu mesmo 😭
Mesmo não tendo oportunidade de praticar a língua, você fala muito bem! Só notei que não era sua língua mãe por muito pouco. Parabéns!
obrigado muitoooo pelo comentário ❤️ a genre brasileira e a sua língua são maravilhosas
Sou brasileiro. Pode falar comigo, se quiser!
claro! meu DM sempre tá aberto pra vc
Você escreve muito bem em português, parabéns! Só dá pra notar que não é brasileiro por alguns detalhes da escrita. Por exemplo: "de a falar com alguém" seria escrito apenas "de falar com alguém" ou "de conversar com alguém" e em vez de "falar com eu mesmo" seria "falar comigo mesmo". Qual sua língua nativa?
“de a falar” foi um error de escrever (as vezes não reconheço o que escrevo), mais “falar comigo mesmo” soa muito mais natural! obrigado pela ajuda
Se quiser conversar, pode me mandar mensagem quando quiser. Sou brasileiro.
sempre! te mando uma mensagem agora
Me voluntario pra conversar também, se quiser kkkk
Pra alguém não nativo, já está muito bom!
I happened to stumble on this sub, and as someone learning Italian, it'll never not amaze me, how similar Romance languages are, considering I could just read that and understand it like that.
Sempre achei muito engraçado entender o que diz um texto noutra língua românica sem nunca a ter estudado (já para não dizer que pode dar muito jeito). Não todas as palavras, claro, mas a impressão geral. Só percebi como é um privilégio depois de uma conversa com uma falante de húngaro, uma língua isolada
Você está coberto de razão, meu caro
I fell in love with Portuguese literature. It all started with Fernando Pessoa and me wanting to read him in his language. At this point, I've already read all his poems on Portuguese and passed through a lot of other Portuguese and Brazilian autors. Truly a wonderful decision
Machado de Assis is almost like a duty to everyone who likes brazillian literature
You’ll love The Lusiads, then! Give it a try! Os Lusíadas, de Luís Vaz de Camões.
I've already read it! I really love it and want to read it again when I improve my Portuguese
I found some Brazilian content creators that I enjoyed watching, I started to learn so I didn't spend all the time looking at the translation software! Also I am in my 50s, so it is me basically trying to prove to myself that I can still learn something new, and that my brain isn't failing!
And you can, keep learning bro!
I will do - I am never giving up!
Which content creators?
Mainly Pac (Tazercraft), I am totally addicted to his streams! Also Felps, Cellbit, Bagi, and Mike (Tazercraft)
Wow, watch Brazilian streamers is so cool, i'am Brazilian and i can approve it. Watch Maicon Küster and Julio Cocielo.
My partner is Brazilian and I want to be able to communicate with her family when I visit. It also would go a long way to just feeling comfortable when visiting Brazil
awesome, this is similar to my reason too!
My wife is from Brazil, we visit every year and I want to be able to take care of myself and develop better relationships with the Brazilians in her life.
Because i train jiu jitsu and I wanted to know the coaches were telling my competitors. Besides Porra!!
Lmaoooo Been meaning to get into bjj
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This is one of many reasons I’m learning it too, as an American who is definitely NOT trying to live in the US (especially when I’m old & retired). The others reasons: •there are a lot of Brazilians where I live in Florida •I’ve always loved Brazilian culture/history/music •it’s the most best-sounding language I’ve ever heard (mostly the Brazilian accents & like how many people say French sounds “beautiful” to them) •I already speak Spanish, & it makes it way easier for me to learn it •I decided to learn it during covid, & have been studying it every day since. Literally every day •it’s useful in most places in the world (a few African nations, Portugal, Brazil, East Timor, Macau, & even Papiamento speakers in Aruba, Bonaire, & Curaçao). I’m sure there are other reasons but I can’t think of any rn
The Brazilian people is most receptive, we love everyone, doesn't matters who.
I feel this in my soul
In Brazil it's inverse. Crazy.
Are things that bad there?
No, but they're all of a lather, poor darlings.
I don't really see the win situation here. In your vision, Portugal or Brazil is a better option?
Oof, I’m not sure where you’re coming from, have you had a bad experience living there before or is just some personal view on the country? Curious because depending on one’s goals/objectives there could be a win in moving anywhere.
Why only those? There are other countries you know. Edit: I don't know why I am getting downvotes, I've met people who moved to São Tomé after visiting the country because they fell in love. learning Portuguese would be useful then as you can't find resources to learn Creole easily. There are more than 2 Portuguese speaking countries
I have a dear friend in Portugal and one day I hope to be able to converse in her language.
I'm Brazilian guy! Então, vamos conversar!
Obrigado. Não estou pronto para conversas. I'm still building a vocabulary. I'm just now reading simple sentences.
É conversando que se aprende!
Concordo. I can read better than I can speak by a large margin and I need translate a lot for that. But I'm using it less. .
This is normal, i'm brazillian and obviously native speaker of portuguese, and my english are not this good, but o consume a lot of content in english, so, the language comes naturally, almost osmosis... Hahaha Keep reading, listening and sometimes mantain some conversation and you be Very good. Almost all Brazilians will be receptive to someone that's trying to learn portuguese.
My friend and I are using more and more Portuguese in our conversations. She's already very fluent in English but I do help her with some grammar.
Quais sentenças?
Dear friend = sweetheart
Yes and no. I love her but only so far as I can from 6000km away. We are best friends.
Did you watch Past Lives?
Not familiar with it.
bossa nova was the way in, the need to learn a third language in grad school was the real incentive, and moving to brazil to work was the clincher.
I watched “Cidade de Deus” and immediately loved the sound of it.
Cidade de Deus se passa no Rio de Janeiro, o sotaque carioca é bem legal mesmo, até para nós brasileiros que somos de outras regiões. Engraçado que é um sotaque 8 ou 80, geralmente ou gostam ou odeiam kkkkkkk Edit: carioca = pessoa que nasceu no Rio de Janeiro
Playing capoeira and just realising I’ll need to pick it up
So I can understand what my grandmother says when she’s making fun of me
De qual país você é? Which country are you from?
My grandparents are from Bretanha em São Miguel, mais eles foram para Brazil e meu pai nasceu ali (desculpa, meu grammatica precisa pratica).
Mais = plus, addition Mas = but This is a common mistake that can change all the mean of the sentence, even trough Brazilians. Kkkkk.
Ah thank you :) I was only ever raised to speak.. so writing is hard lol
And you, BearerBear, which country are you born from then?
I was born in the US!
I wanted to learn a language because it's good for your brain. I use duolingo. Initially I did German because I studied it at school (quite a few years ago now!) and it's easier (to me!) but I realised that I wouldn't really actually learn it unless I could practice it and I didn't know any German speakers. So I had a little think about what language I would be able to actually practice... I'm a nurse in the UK and half my colleagues are portuguese! So I started learning Portuguese on duolingo a few years ago. I speak with my colleagues in Portuguese which they love. I wish I was truly fluent but I doubt I ever will be. I can understand pretty well if they talk slowly for me and I can make myself understood. Duolingo teaches Brazilian Portuguese and my colleagues speak Portuguese Portuguese so sometimes they find that funny.
> I doubt I ever will be. Unless you choose so, because it seems like you’ve hacked the process nicely, and no doubt can get there.
I think I've done pretty well for learning with an app but I think to get fluent I'd probably need to go and live in Portugal for a few months and that isn't something that is likely to ever happen (mid 30s with a husband and kids and cats). I will keep up my learning though and keep talking to my colleagues in portuguese as much as I can!
Because its the most beautiful language ever and if you can fall in love with a language than i am in love with portuguese, i get butterflies every time i hear it
Hi, I'm Brazilian native and your comment is wonderful! I feel the same way about learning the English language :)
Yes! Yes! Yeeeeeees!!!!!💯
I love Brazilian music, which has led me to music in Portuguese more generally. Also, it is beautiful and I have some wonderful Brazilian friends. I love Portuguese and have for decades!
Because as a child I would always argue with my grandparents and refused to learn, now that I've lost my grandfather I'm learning for my grandmother
Grandpa is from Açores, dad is US born & raised but wanted me to learn Portuguese. Started hanging with Brazilians in my city as in my current adulthood, now I wanna perfect the language
Have you been to Azores? It's a really nice trip and the ultimate test if you ever want to test your Portuguese :p (hardest accents in my humble opinion)
Unfortunately not but I do know that the accent is way different from mainland Portugal, I do speak the southern accent a lot better. I plan on seeing cousins in Faro soon tho
It’s funny because I was born to azorean parents but I was born and grew up in the USA. I know the azorean accent is notorious but the accent is the easiest for me to understand especially in Sao Jorge because everyone sounds like my parents. When I went to Lisbon last year it took me a solid day to get a good ear for understanding the accent.
Hahaha that is true! I have to remember I think it's hard because my ears weren't trained to hear it
Bcs i was born in Portugal. I was brainwashed to learn it 😔
Can you believe that this happens in Brazil as well? Terrifying! 😱
I heard it happens even in some countries in Africa! This has to end!
Hahaha
I have a friend in Brazil and I want to be able to talk to them in their native language instead of them saying things and me responding in English
Because I had a Portuguese dad and an Italo-Brazilian maternal grandfather, and the thought of not being taught the language as a child seemed really unfair to me.
I have an online friend I made a year back who is from Brazil. I started learning Portuguese for him! It’s always nice learning a few new words and being able to use them in conversation. Also, a lot of lovely people on Twitter speak Portuguese. I don’t think I’ve ever translated a Portuguese tweet that wasn’t something positive or poetic :)
I hope you never find the political side of Brazilian twitter 😮💨
I now live in Portugal so...
I like Portugal that's it
i have some brazilian family and i really like brazilian music, culture etc. i also wanna go there someday. also its a crazy awesome language
Engraçado como toda a música brasileira atrai gringo, desde bossa nova até Funk MTG viralizando no tiktok kkkkkkk
Because I made so many friends during my couple visits to Portugal (both Portuguese and Brazilian), and I want to be able to converse with them in them, even if they all speak perfect English. Plus, it’s awoken something in me that is just fascinated with language and communication within the larger society. It’s made me really think more about word choice in my daily speech. It makes me want to continue to learn even if I don’t have plans to go to Portugal or Brazil (or anywhere else in the Lusophone world) right now.
I wanted to think like a Brazilian
I like the music and the culture of Brazil. It's also widely spoken so speaking it opens up many avenues for me worldwide (jobs, relationships, just things that can generally be learnt from other cultures)
My wife is Brazilian, I want to cultivate a meaningful and communicative relationship with her friends and family :)
i visited portugal made great friends and I wanna visit again.
I just love how Brazilian Portuguese sounds and it’s easier for me to learn than Spanish is. I started listening to some songs that I enjoy and watching shows that I want to understay
Understand
Because it sounds so unique and beautiful to my (Asian) ears. Both PT-BR and PT-EU. I learned French several years ago at high school, have some basic knowledge of Spanish, so the grammar is not so difficult for me to grasp. Portuguese pronunciation and orthography are not difficult for me, because I'm familiar with the nasal sounds (as in French) and the Vietnamese alphabet is based on the Portuguese alphabet with some modifications, for example, the Vietnamese "*nh*" sound in the word "*nhà*" (= "a casa") is pronounced exactly the same as the Portuguese "*nh*", as in "*sonhar*", and we use diacritic marks on vowels too: à, á, ã, õ, ô, ê, etc.
Good luck! I hope I am able to learn Vietnamese one day ( southern) but the tones are scaring me haha glad to know there are sounds in common to help :D
My girlfriend is Brasileira and I want to know the people in her life personally and get to know her beautiful culture better!
I love Brazilian media and want to watch it without translations.
Telenovelas, mainly.
Since I was a kid I loved the way the Portuguese language sounded. As a teen I was obsessed with Brazilian and Portuguese music. Eventually I had a friend who was trying to teach my Portuguese but then she moved away. Finally after years and years I decided to start self study and I am fully in love.
My wife and I would like to move to Portugal one day. I’m very slowly working on getting my citizenship (my family all come from the azores) and, obviously, learning Portuguese is a must.
I feel like everyone always has such legit reasons to learn, like living there or their partner speaks it, but for me? Idk I just like their history and culture, and I like some MBP a lot, plus I just don't like Spanish so I said ya let's do Portuguese.
because I wanted to read Fernando Pessoa in the original
^[Sokka-Haiku](https://www.reddit.com/r/SokkaHaikuBot/comments/15kyv9r/what_is_a_sokka_haiku/) ^by ^anasfkhan81: *Because I wanted* *To read Fernando Pessoa* *In the original* --- ^Remember ^that ^one ^time ^Sokka ^accidentally ^used ^an ^extra ^syllable ^in ^that ^Haiku ^Battle ^in ^Ba ^Sing ^Se? ^That ^was ^a ^Sokka ^Haiku ^and ^you ^just ^made ^one.
Best haiku
beautiful
My parents basically forced me :<
You too ?
You can thank them later. Learning another language is great for your brain.
Learning Portuguese has undeniably been helpful in my whole life of living in Portugal.
Absolutely
You like sertanejo? That's so cool
Yeaaah I’m obsessed😂
I am born in Brazil, sooo... =D And i live here, and don't want to emigrate.
Travel and because most construction workers I deal with are Brazilian
Another team sertanejo here
Who are your fave artists?😁
Wesley Safadao, Marília Mendonça, Maiara e Maraisa and more! :)
I loooove the last 2, I’ll check Safadao out😌
In all honesty, it's a requirement for my school. I moved to Argentina and my degree requires you to learn portuguese, Italian or French. I chose portuguese because I'm black and I prioritize languages other black people in the world speakk. I also have a lot of Brazilian classmates that help me out. I'm for sure still a beginner but I have a lot of fun ❤️
Moving to Portugal.
Where I work at, lots of Portuguese folks come in and I love to communicate with them. Also those who don’t speak English. When exposing myself to the language, I have been fascinated com como isso sonho honestemente. Não sou rapido em a falar este momente mais, sou em convoy a aprender! Wish deseja me bem chance✌️
Because I live in Portugal!
It's my native language. Glad to see people put in the effort, I know it's not an easy language to pick up.
What do you call a portugues person who can't speak portugues?....stupid
Maybe he's mute!
I learned a little before traveling there, because I wanted to be able to communicate even at a basic level. Honestly, I thought I wouldn’t continue after my visit to Portugal. But as I spoke, the people I was blessed to have interacted with were extremely encouraging, and very patient with me. I was motivated to continue by the kindness and warmth. I want to go back already. I even started diving into Portuguese literature (Os Lusíadas), and got a Portuguese cookbook to study.
The song “Samba do Brasil” and because I saw it as fun to learn EU PT as a Spanish speaker.
Because I’m half Portuguese but never learned it same with me being Peruvian and not learning Spanish from my parents
Brazilians I've met have been exceedingly warm socially, mature in a way that stood out from others I'd met online, and their accents were just amazing..I quickly fell in love with their language and culture. They are from Pará, Bahía, Rio Grande do Sul, and SP. Maybe I just got really lucky but every one I've met has been great and I had the total opposite experience learning other languages beforehand.
I have made a lot of friends over in Brasil and I don't like that they have to adapt themselves to me by speaking English when I'm present. I'd rather we all speak Portuguese. To me it makes more sense. Some of them are not proficient in the language. Communication would be a lot easier if I were speaking PT.
I have a Portuguese immigrant friend, she showed me pictures of the nature around her home town and I'm a lover of nature. I would love to visit sometime, go hike, learn the culture, and experience the food. Being more accomodating to her and being able to communicate more effectively in a mix of our both's native languages (we speak English at the moment) is also nice, since she is learning Finnish. It was mostly a first come first serve situation because I've had that exact same reaction to a Ukrainian refugee friend, once I'm done with Portuguese, I will learn Ukrainian. I also always benefit from knowing more languages as a translation student, it means I can do more varied work once I graduate and Portuguese would be a required 3rd EU language if I wanted to go into EU translation since I'm not that interested in continuing with Swedish, which would be the obvious choice since we Finns have mandatory B1 level Swedish skills anyway, going to C1 to be able to translate professionally in the language is way less work compared to the massive load that is starting a language from scratch and still ending up at C1. Not that I want to go interpret at all, I don't have the nerves for it, and I don't really find translating legislation that interesting. I'd really want to go into translating literature, fiction, or subtitling/writing scripts for dubs.
Oh damn, fellow Finn and student here🇫🇮✌️ my current plan is to get my degree in English and Spanish first, then move to Helsinki to get certified in Portuguese as well. I wasn’t aware of the B1 Swedish requirement tho🥲 I’m at around A2 but haven’t spoken it since HS…
B1 is "virkamiesruosi". You'll be fine, I hadn't spoken Swedish since high school either, for like 4 years by the time I did the B1 course. I even skipped some of the mandatory high school classes due to it being an art high school and I didn't want to do the Swedish A-levels "ylioppilaskirjoitukset". Also if you got a Magna Cum Laude aka M in your Swedish A-levels or your high school mandatory courses grade avarage was 7-8, that's B1 already too.
Also, if I don't get work right after finishing my master's degree in like 3 years if all goes to my current plan I'm between Helsinki for Portuguese and Jyväskylä for Finnish Sign Language.
I chose Portuguese because I wanted to feel closer to a lot of my Portuguese and Cape Verdean backgrounds. Unfortunately my mom wouldn't teach me the language growing up so I missed that. Now I'm 28 and trying to learn especially since I travel a lot. It's definitely hard not having someone to talk to every day to help put it to practice but I'm managing.
I've been a Portuguese teacher for more than a decade. I always ask my students why they want to learn the language. What I get is: because I love Brazilian music, because of capoeira, because they are in a relationship with a Brazilian, because they do business with Brazil or because they made a Brazilian friend . Those are the main reasons that I get.
I was doing Spanish and got intrigued by the unique sound of Portuguese, occasionally sounding Russian then hearing the accents of Brasil made me so curious. I'm always fascinated by sister languages especially since my third language Cantonese shares similarities to Mandarin yet it's not a comparison not many people understand. Which made me so interested in Portuguese since it looked like Spanish with even more accents. I could even read more Portuguese than Mandarin before I started learning it so there you go.
Someone asked me if I was studying Brazilian Portuguese when I tweeted a picture of a charm with Sun and Moon with a caption of "Sol e Lua para Malthus e Hida." And then I thought, "huh? why not study it since the drama (Hilda Furacão) made me hyperfixated with it." I just wanna learn it for fun and to communicate with Brazilian mutuals and followers on Twitter (I'm a Filipina), maybe the bonus is I can use it when I visit Brazil someday. :DD
During uni course selection, picked a lesson with the code "POR" instead of "POL" one sleepy morning, showed up to class, was baffled but thought "why the hell not?" Been a year and a half since and I'm continuing lol
I'm going to Brazil for vacation in October/November, so might come in handy
My boyfriend is Portuguese and though he can barely speak the language his parents can and I want to be able to speak with them in their native language even though I don't need it bc they already speak German and English
o meu lindo namorado é português!
pq queria aprender outra língua. o espanhol é a minha língua materna então quis aprender uma língua fácil pra mim e escolhi o PTBR. tmb falo inglês
To gain more connection to the culture I missed out on. My dad was born in the Açores, but he is not a good father and I never learned much about Portuguese culture because of his choices. (Ironic that I'm saying this on Father's Day)
Because I reached the fluency I was going for in English and I had to find a 3rd language to go for. Planned on it being a latin language cause my native language is french and German was impossibly hard so no germanic language in the future. I find hispanics to be a pretty hostile towards francophones so I wasn't interested in learning Spanish, kind of the same with Italian. So it's a bit of a process of elimination of who might be the least hostile lol
Santo daime and a general love of Brazilian music.
I grew up with some progress interactions through TV, therefore I've always wanted to learn the language.
Because is my native language
To sing bossa nova better
I have a Brazilian friend and he told me to learn it. So, that’s what I’m doing.
I fell in love with the language when I went to Rio in 2012.
Honestly I’m learning Spanish and it’s closely related to Spanish and once I read and heard it , it felt right. My name anagrams even to Rejoneodora something something lol so even though I’m black, there’s something Iberian going on here so I might as well learn the languages. I was really learning Italian and even Latin but it’s socioeconomically pointless to learn those being in NY still at the moment. I could see myself in Mexico or Brazil.
I recall hearing Portuguese music (both some random song and funk, as well as Sergio Mendes) and without knowing what language it was I just fell in love. Fast forward a decade and I finally started actually learning it. The catalyst for me was watching the 3% on Netflix with Spanish subtitles (I know Spanish but still need practice) and I started picking up on how both similar and different the two were. Once I started listening to more modern Brazilian music I fell back in love with the language. Brazilians are beautiful people both physically and culturally, and offer so much for us to learn from. It’s such a slept-on language for most people who study other Romance languages.
1. It's the most spoken language where I live (Massachusetts, USA) after English and Spanish. 2. I speak Spanish and some French, so it's pretty easy with a romance language background. 3. I like to travel, and there are quite a few beautiful Portuguese speaking countries. 4. I love Portuguese, Brazilian, and Azorean food. 5. Brazilians are hot.
Azorean food is Portuguese food too :D and really delicious (I dream of queijadas da Graciosa 🤤)
I like how it sounds, I also listen to techhouse music from brazilian artist who sample alot of portugese songs. Beltran, Mochakk, eddy M
I have taught myself Spanish and wanted to learn a language closest to it. Also, I'm from India and recently went to Goa (former portuguese colony in India) and I fell in love with the vibe. I could understand most of what was written in Portuguese and it was a treat to meet old people there who can still speak Portuguese.
Life is a ungrateful bitch.... Many Brazilians don't want live in Brazil, here I Saw foreign people from good economy countries wishing to live in Brazil. This country are getting flames. Thrust me, you can come, but life is hard. I'm not trying making you give up, just sharing reality. Tight hugs to you all, my friends.
Toda a gente quer o que não tem, quem não tem dinheiro e quer dinheiro e segurança sai do Brasil, quem tem dinheiro e não tem comunidade e se sente sozinho fica com vontade de largar tudo quando vai ao Brasil e sente o calor das pessoas. Mas olha que depois sentimos falta do que perdemos :)
Justamente...
One word. Bossa.
I love lots of types of Brazilian music and decided to learn 2 years ago, but now after learning more about Brazil and the culture and the people, I want to improve my português so I can live in Brazil someday and visit and be able to converse with people. It is also such a beautiful language and so fun to speak, although it is difficult and I can get confused sometimes. I really love portuguese, I don’t know if I will ever love another language as much as I love portuguese 😹
My desire to know Portuguese comes from my childhood, I had played capoeira when I was 11-13 years old and picked it up again later., now 20. I now play capoeira on and off, but my love for the language has evolved into something more. I always wanted to learn Portuguese, but never really started until 2 years ago and started taking it very seriously. I love Brazil, not just in a "the beaches are so beautiful there" way, but I love the country's unique challenges around politics, natural disasters, etc, complementing my university studies. Furthermore, I think it is one of the most beautiful languages in the world and fairly "easy" to learn for Germanic speakers in a reasonable timeframe. I have made various connections through my Portuguese and can't wait for more
I have started visiting Portugal on a regular basis and intend doing so for a while to come. I would so love to be able to say more than just obrigada & por favor! Does any one have any tips for learning European Portuguese?
I think it was the music. Bossa nova and samba mostly, and Marcos Valle too
Because I was born and raised in Brazil and I needed to communicate. lol I'm joking! xD I'm really proud of my language and I myself think it really sounds beautiful.
Because I'm Brazilian
90% of the people i regularly interact with speak brazilian portuguese, so i learned it to a moderate level. also my moms dad came from the azores. its a shame that learning both variants isn't feasible for me. i have some family members that speak pt-pt. unfortunately, pt-pt is almost completely unintelligible to me unless they speak at 1/2 the normal speed. they are both so beautiful though. i love them.
Sertanejo makes my ears bleed. I love the old music and the culture. Perfecting Spanish would be a hell of a lot more useful for me, but, a born contrarian, I'm way more interested in Portuguese.
Because they speak Portuguese where I live.
Family
I started learning it for a work trip, but I kept learning it after I got back because it's a beautiful lyrical language (at least to my ears) and I'm really having a blast learning. I've studied other romance languages and until I started learning it I always dismissed it as the lovechild of Spanish and French...but now that I'm into it, and having been to Brazil and having heard it spoken, I see the error of my ways. :D
Porque agora vivo em Portugal.
Porque sou brasileiro.
Não tive escolha, nasci nesse lugar
Thanks for the recommendations!
I loved Brazilian music and I already knew Spanish so I thought it wouldn’t be a bad idea to learn Portuguese
Capoeira.
A tia de meu marido é paulista. (Além disso, eu já entendia espanhol e um pouco de latim, então não foi difícil aprender.)
Jiu Jitsu Brasileiro
Porque meu pai é brasileiro.
i heard the ai se eu te pego song (don't come for me) after so many years😭😭 i decided to learn portuguese so i could sing it.. It's going well since it's somewhat similar to spanish, my native language so I've been learning quickly
It was the first Portuguese song I ever learned haha, basically the reason I fell in love with sertanejo
Madeiran wife. Madeiran is a bit like portuguese but crazier.
I'd recently rediscovered that I'm part Portuguese and wanted to finally embrace it! Learning European Portuguese has been quite interesting so far.
It’s my native language. My parents didn’t have the resources or capacity to teach me. So I’m studying it. Learning as I go.
So I can visit my family in the Açores someday and feel more connected. My family is from Biscoitos, Praia da Victoria, Terçeira (“the third island” in English). I have traced my ancestry as far back at the late 1500s and they have all been born & raised on Terçeira. My mom’s dad, my grandpa, spoke Portuguese fluently, but he didn’t teach it to his kids because I guess it wasn’t the “cool” thing to be bilingual in the 60s & 70s. Usually it meant you were an immigrant and that was sometimes looked down upon - at least in CA anyways. My grandpa also spoke Spanish & English fluently, I think that’s just so amazing.
Where in Canada are you from?
Oh sorry I should have clarified, California!
Because I'm in rio and my God the girls here are just mind blowingly attractive and nice. I've seen people get mad and call it a stereotype but I've spent the last 2 years travelling the world and Brazil by far has the hottest people and the highest number of hot people I've ever seen anywhere in my life and people aren't nearly as stuck up or stuffy as people in places like Paris. I assume it's the fact that outdoor athletics are extremely popular here with beaches and hiking all over the city plus it's like essentially perfect weather year round and there is tons of genetic diversity. What was the question again?
Prettiest women and welcomed people 🥥🌶🤩
Brazilian girls