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| Siberiano Tetraglot Senior Member Russian Federation one-giant-leap.Registered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6510 days ago 465 posts - 696 votes  Speaks: Russian*, English, ItalianC1, Spanish Studies: Portuguese, Serbian | Message 1 of 2 04 December 2012 at 1:01pm | IP Logged |
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I woke up lying across 3 economy class seats in the back of a 737-800. Through the loud engine noise I heard samba in headphones. It felt unpleasant, and I quickly understood why: I have been in Rio de Janeiro before flying, rode ônibus, changed bus in a terminal, saw tons of garbage and a sea of favelas. After a week in Curitiba, RJ was a shock. But suddenly I felt a great relief: I'm in a bright green plane flying Novosibirsk, so when I get off, I won't need to think hard and speak Portuguese.
It was really hard. Fluent Spanish and Italian help little in Portuguese. I learned a lot those days, could say simple phrases like "isso", "ta bom" or "não entendi", and could ask what I needed in a normal language. But when they replied I think even with subtitles I'd not get it completely. This was tiresome. Nevertheless, Curitiba is a nice place, and the people never get angry, are very polite, but unlike what I saw in Europe, Brazilians do real things to help you: can take you in a car where you need, share wifi or make a phone call for you. I wasn't in any trouble, but sure they'd give the last piece of food to help someone. 4 persons have voted this message useful | |
| zerrubabbel Senior Member United States Joined 4617 days ago 232 posts - 287 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Japanese, Mandarin | Message 2 of 2 04 December 2012 at 2:15pm | IP Logged |
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I felt many of the same things in my recent trip to japan... though working with americans everyday [and a new
zealander] I left the English environment behind several times, causing me to think carefully about what Im trying to say, and it did become tiresome... however, just like in a workout, you become stronger only after you cause yourself to be sore for a while. this kind of makes me wonder how hard it must have been for my grandfather, and other people in the same situation, who move to a foreign country and dont have the option to return to where their native language is spoken... it must be incredible for languages learning [because he spoke perfect English by the time I knew him] but Im sure that must have been an exhausting experience 4 persons have voted this message useful |
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