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| sfuqua Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 4764 days ago 581 posts - 977 votes  Speaks: English*, Hawaiian, Tagalog Studies: Spanish | Message 1 of 9 25 January 2012 at 7:08am | IP Logged | ||
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Assimil does not do an English version of either their European Portuguese or their Brazilian Portuguese. I understand that French versions of Assimil texts are generally better than versions in other languages. Is the Spanish version, El nuevo Portugués sin esfuerzo, better than the French version, Le Nouveau Portugais sans peine? Is it worth a year of learning French?
I think that the Le Portugais du Brésil is only available in French; am I right? steve 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| iguanamon Pentaglot Senior Member Virgin Islands Speaks: Ladino Joined 5261 days ago 2241 posts - 6731 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Portuguese, Haitian Creole, Creole (French) | Message 2 of 9 25 January 2012 at 11:56am | IP Logged | ||
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Yes, you are correct. Assimil's Brazilian Portuguese course is with a French base. "El nuevo portugués sin esfuerzo" is for Iberian Portuguese. Unless you have at least an intermediate level of Spanish or French, I don't think these courses will be a very efficient way to learn for you.
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| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6596 days ago 9753 posts - 15779 votes 4 sounds Speaks: Russian*, English, FinnishC1, Latin, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Danish, Romanian, Polish, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Slovenian, Catalan, Czech, Galician, Dutch, Swedish | Message 3 of 9 25 January 2012 at 12:53pm | IP Logged | ||
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You say you're a beginner in Spanish. Best try to reach a higher level before you start Portuguese in the first place. But then even if the audio is for the other variant, you may find at least the book useful, as well as that FSI pdf.
If you have other important reasons to learn French, that's fine. If not, I doubt it's worth proper learning. You may also use just the audio and transcripts for Assimil Brazilian Portuguese and learn all the necessary information from other sources. I found Assimil Finnish very useful and I have only the audio (and I really don't like the French language). Edited by Serpent on 25 January 2012 at 12:57pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| JPike1028 Triglot Senior Member United States piketransitions Joined 5396 days ago 297 posts - 337 votes Speaks: English*, French, Italian Studies: German, Spanish, Russian, Arabic (Written), Swedish, Portuguese, Czech | Message 4 of 9 26 January 2012 at 6:31am | IP Logged | ||
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I agree with Serpent, focus on getting your Spanish to a higher level and then use the Spanish base language for
Portuguese. If you really are set on Brazilian Portuguese and Assimil though you may have to eventually suck it up and learn French. Although truthfully, French will help you with other languages anyways, the more you know the easier it gets to learn. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| alang Diglot Senior Member Canada Joined 7220 days ago 563 posts - 757 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish | Message 5 of 9 26 January 2012 at 7:02pm | IP Logged | ||
A couple of weeks ago I saw a German base (Brasilianisch ohne Mühe) and Italian base (Il Portoghese brasiliano) for Brazilian Portuguese. I am guessing a Spanish one will be out eventually, but who truly knows when? The reason for my prediction, is these are the four language bases that offer the majority of selections. Edited by alang on 26 January 2012 at 7:06pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| sfuqua Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 4764 days ago 581 posts - 977 votes Speaks: English*, Hawaiian, Tagalog Studies: Spanish | Message 6 of 9 26 January 2012 at 8:39pm | IP Logged | ||
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Of course I should get advanced in Spanish before I mess with Portuguese. I was just wondering about options after I finish Assimil's Using Spanish. Learning Portuguese using Spanish ought to be withing reach...
I have a long way to go before that. steve 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Przemek Hexaglot Senior Member Poland multigato.blogspot.c Joined 6474 days ago 107 posts - 174 votes Speaks: Polish*, English, SpanishC2, Italian, Portuguese, French Studies: Turkish, Hindi, Arabic (Written) | Message 7 of 9 27 January 2012 at 12:39pm | IP Logged | ||
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I studied Assimil "El nuevo portugues sin esfuerzo". I think it's a good way to learn the
language, especially when you learn also Spanish. Many people think that Spanish and Portuguese are very similar and that the grammar works the same way. It's not always true. Learning Portuguese from a book in Spanish helped me a lot to focus on differences and remembering them. 5 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| alang Diglot Senior Member Canada Joined 7220 days ago 563 posts - 757 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish | Message 8 of 9 06 February 2013 at 10:41am | IP Logged | ||
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Hello to all. I am happy to report, that my prediction about one year ago on a Spanish base to learn Brazilian Portuguese is suppose to come out this year. I contacted Assimil Spain about this a month ago January 2013 and the reply was there was no Spanish base to learn Brazilian Portuguese and customer service just directed me to the French base. I looked over the catalog again recently and contacted Assimil Spain all over, this time the response was different. Customer service stated they will have the book in May of 2013, so I can contact them again at that time to check if they will already have it. 5 persons have voted this message useful |
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