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| josh_badgley Newbie United States Joined 4237 days ago 33 posts - 41 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Portuguese | Message 9 of 20 17 May 2013 at 1:27pm | IP Logged | |||||
I find it very exciting that one moment I can watch European TV and then switch to African TV, all because I'm studying the same language. Very useful! 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| josh_badgley Newbie United States Joined 4237 days ago 33 posts - 41 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Portuguese | Message 10 of 20 18 May 2013 at 12:01am | IP Logged | |||||
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Total study time today: 1 hour 30 minutes. I also watched RTP, read Diario de Notícias on my cell phone, and listened to RDP at the gym. My status so far: Teach Yourself Portuguese(Unit 4/25) Colloquial Portuguese (4/14) Teach Yourself Portuguese Grammar(not yet started) The Colloquial course is still my favorite, but the Teach Yourself course is so friendly that it's hard not to enjoy most of it. Also, there is less English on the tapes than on the Colloquial course, which I find much less annoying. My only gripe is the actors who are supposed to portray Brazilian speakers are very irritating. I can't say I ever liked Brazilian pronunciation, but these people sound really strange. I'm getting very excited because every day that passes my ear is getting better trained to the peculiar sounds of Portuguese. I'm understanding more of what I hear and even more of what I read. The spoken language is sounding less slurred and more intelligible. It's still a struggle sometimes, and I've found that whereas Spanish still sounds clearly enunciated, Portuguese can quickly escape my grasp if I'm not focusing one hundred percent. SPANISH Classes are over, so I'm not actively studying. I got a 91 over all, but then again it was just an introductory course so I shouldn't be surprised. I am going to start trying to get some listening and reading in as much as possible every day so that my Spanish doesn't deteriorate. I did a little experiment today. I've been watching a lot of Portuguese TV, so I watched an hour of RTVE from Spain and I found that I was able to keep out too much interference. I have plenty of people I can practice speaking with as well. I also would like to study Castilian Spanish more in depth. Here in Texas we are taught Latin American Spanish, as if that's the only variety, but Castilian pronunciation is so much more attractive to me. Since I am enjoying the Colloquial course for Portuguese so much, I'm thinking that maybe once I finish my Portuguese studies, I'll work throughColloquial Spanish to learn Castilian pronunciation and review some of the grammar that's gotten rusty. Edited by josh_badgley on 18 May 2013 at 3:27am 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| josh_badgley Newbie United States Joined 4237 days ago 33 posts - 41 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Portuguese | Message 11 of 20 18 May 2013 at 11:53pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Eu não trabalhei nem fui ao ginásio hoje porque estou doente. Comi o meu pequeno-almoço,
bebi o meu café e estudei Português para três horas. Hoje usei o livro Colloquial Portuguese e acabei a lição quatro. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Luso Hexaglot Senior Member Portugal Joined 6067 days ago 819 posts - 1812 votes  Speaks: Portuguese*, French, EnglishC2, GermanB1, Italian, Spanish Studies: Sanskrit, Arabic (classical) | Message 12 of 20 19 May 2013 at 2:02am | IP Logged | |||||
Glad to read that you are learning Portuguese and enjoying RTP. I would not say that RTP África is "African TV", but I see what makes you say that. :) Edited by Luso on 19 May 2013 at 2:05am 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| josh_badgley Newbie United States Joined 4237 days ago 33 posts - 41 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Portuguese | Message 13 of 20 20 May 2013 at 12:04am | IP Logged | |||||
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Hoje eu estudei Português para três horas, e vi as notícias de RTP e um episódio de "Bem-vindos a Beirais". Não trabalhei hoje porque é domingo. Colloquial Portuguese (6/13) Teach Yourself Portuguese (4/25) Teach Yourself Portuguese Grammar (not yet started) SPANISH I haven't done anything in Spanish today but I'm going to watch the news from RTVE soon and also I am going to watch Game of Thrones tonight in Spanish. I am seriously trying to cut out every activity that involves English. I'm also considering starting Old English during the 6WC in August. By then my Portuguese should be in "maintainance mode" and I can focus on learning a little Anglo- Saxon to satisfy my curiosity. Edited by josh_badgley on 20 May 2013 at 12:06am 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| kujichagulia Senior Member Japan Joined 4853 days ago 1031 posts - 1571 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Japanese, Portuguese | Message 14 of 20 20 May 2013 at 2:37am | IP Logged | |||||
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Portuguese in maintenance mode by August, you say? What sort of level are you aiming for with your Portuguese? Just curious. I've studied Portuguese since August last year, from scratch, and I believe I'm somewhere between A1 and A2 level now. If I maintained Portuguese now, I'm not sure how much there would be for me to maintain. :)
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| josh_badgley Newbie United States Joined 4237 days ago 33 posts - 41 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Portuguese | Message 15 of 20 20 May 2013 at 4:06am | IP Logged | |||||
I see what you mean. I guess what I meant to say was I hope to have finished my beginner's Portuguese courses by that point. From there I guess I'd move on to intermediate materials. I don't actually think I'm going to "master" the language anytime soon, but the idea is that I since I will have built a good foundation, I won't feel guilty about starting a new language. I wouldn't want to begin two languages at once. Also, keep in mind I've studied Spanish through junior high, high school, and college, so most of what I'm learning while I study Portuguese isn't "new". There's plenty of surprises, but there's also plenty that feels very familiar :) Edited by josh_badgley on 20 May 2013 at 4:07am 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| kujichagulia Senior Member Japan Joined 4853 days ago 1031 posts - 1571 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Japanese, Portuguese | Message 16 of 20 20 May 2013 at 4:35am | IP Logged | |||||
Ah, OK. That is what I thought, but I did not want to assume. I'm sure that with your Spanish background, you could easily surpass my level by August. I only study Portuguese about 5 hours a week or a little more than that, as my primary focus is Japanese, so it's probably no shock that I'm about A1.5. Boa sorte! Tchau. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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