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| Aritaurus Tetraglot Senior Member Canada Joined 6575 days ago 197 posts - 204 votes  Speaks: Cantonese, English*, Japanese, Mandarin Studies: Spanish | Message 17 of 44 08 August 2008 at 3:37pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
Yeah, I've heard that Rio is a potentially dangerous place to visit. Well, I am into the beach scene and I would definitely like to see some historical sites and some colonial towns. If I were to stay two or three weeks, what are some good places to visit outside of Rio ? As for the language problem , I don't think I will go until I can at the very least get around in Portuguese for buying food, asking for directions and making basic conversation. That will probably take a year or two. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Alvinho Triglot Senior Member Brazil Joined 6235 days ago 828 posts - 832 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, English, Spanish | Message 18 of 44 08 August 2008 at 3:45pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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as for summer stunning coastal spots, I would recommend Florianopolis, Bombinhas, Paraty, Jericoacoara, Arraial do Cabo, Lencois Maranhenses National Park and Paraiba state's southern coast....
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| Volte Tetraglot Senior Member Switzerland Joined 6440 days ago 4474 posts - 6726 votes Speaks: English*, Esperanto, German, Italian Studies: French, Finnish, Mandarin, Japanese | Message 19 of 44 08 August 2008 at 4:19pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
Why on earth would it take a year or two, unless you're not going to start until then? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Aritaurus Tetraglot Senior Member Canada Joined 6575 days ago 197 posts - 204 votes Speaks: Cantonese, English*, Japanese, Mandarin Studies: Spanish | Message 20 of 44 08 August 2008 at 4:48pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
If you read my post earlier, I said that I'll start on Portuguese when I'm reasonably conversational in Spanish. I'm still at the Beginner stage for Spanish so I don't think it would be wise to start learning Portuguese at this point. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| JW Hexaglot Senior Member United States youtube.com/user/egw Joined 6123 days ago 1802 posts - 2011 votes 22 sounds Speaks: English*, German, Spanish, Ancient Greek, French, Biblical Hebrew Studies: Luxembourgish, Dutch, Greek, Italian | Message 21 of 44 08 August 2008 at 5:06pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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Has anyone seen this series on HBO Latino? Mandrake
It takes place in Rio and I find it entertaining. The only thing I don’t like about it is that the original is in Portuguese but they dubbed it in Spanish and put English subtitles on it. I would much prefer to see it in the original Portuguese with Spanish subtitles. Are there any good Brazilian movies or shows that I can watch in Portuguese with Spanish subtitles? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Volte Tetraglot Senior Member Switzerland Joined 6440 days ago 4474 posts - 6726 votes Speaks: English*, Esperanto, German, Italian Studies: French, Finnish, Mandarin, Japanese | Message 22 of 44 09 August 2008 at 3:00am | IP Logged | ||||||||
Good reason. If I'd read your earlier post, I'd forgotten it. Sorry! Good luck; they're both beautiful languages. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Linglot Bilingual Octoglot Newbie Spain Joined 6053 days ago 23 posts - 26 votes Speaks: Spanish*, Catalan*, French, English, Esperanto, Portuguese, Italian, Galician Studies: Russian, German, Occitan, Greek, Basque, Romanian, Polish, Arabic (Written), Dutch, Swedish, Mandarin, Japanese, Korean | Message 23 of 44 11 August 2008 at 2:39pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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Portuguese is very close to Spanish, specially when seen by a non-Romance speaker. As it has been said, they are very similar when written, but pronunciation changes quite a lot, as Portuguese phonetics is richer. There are also a few major grammar points that are different, and false friends you have to be aware of.
It is usually easier for a Portuguese speaker to understand spoken Spanish than the other way round. To the point that some Spanish speakers understand Italian better than Portuguese, even if Portuguese is closer, because Italian has a 'clear' pronunciation too (vowels are more distinctively pronounced). So to avoid mixing these languages, I can only say: try and master one first. :) Edited by Linglot on 11 August 2008 at 2:41pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| ElfoEscuro Diglot Senior Member United States cyworld.com/brahmapu Joined 6290 days ago 408 posts - 423 votes Speaks: Portuguese, English* Studies: Japanese | Message 24 of 44 11 August 2008 at 3:54pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
I would like to add a recommendation for Balneário Camboriú. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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