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tarvos Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member China likeapolyglot.wordpr Joined 4696 days ago 5310 posts - 9399 votes Speaks: Dutch*, English, Swedish, French, Russian, German, Italian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Romanian, Afrikaans Studies: Greek, Modern Hebrew, Spanish, Portuguese, Czech, Korean, Esperanto, Finnish
| Message 769 of 1511 17 July 2013 at 5:37pm | IP Logged |
The reason being my textbook teaches that, and it's closer to home for me. But I will try
and learn the differences with Brazilian Portuguese, so that if I end up in Brazil, I'll
be able to communicate.
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| Expugnator Hexaglot Senior Member Brazil Joined 5155 days ago 3335 posts - 4349 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, Norwegian, French, English, Italian, Papiamento Studies: Mandarin, Georgian, Russian
| Message 770 of 1511 17 July 2013 at 6:38pm | IP Logged |
Get the other textbook then =D. It's Assimil you're going to use, right?
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| tarvos Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member China likeapolyglot.wordpr Joined 4696 days ago 5310 posts - 9399 votes Speaks: Dutch*, English, Swedish, French, Russian, German, Italian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Romanian, Afrikaans Studies: Greek, Modern Hebrew, Spanish, Portuguese, Czech, Korean, Esperanto, Finnish
| Message 771 of 1511 17 July 2013 at 7:37pm | IP Logged |
Yeah, but I am using the Dutch base Assimil (no Brazilian) and I want to learn the
European Portuguese anyway.
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| Alanjazz Triglot Groupie United States Joined 4804 days ago 65 posts - 129 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, French Studies: Portuguese
| Message 772 of 1511 18 July 2013 at 4:00am | IP Logged |
Tarvos, I have to say that your language learning is inspiring (though I am jealous!) You seem to learn new
languages fast, and even if they are related, it's impressive. Keep doing what you do! :)
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| Solfrid Cristin Heptaglot Winner TAC 2011 & 2012 Senior Member Norway Joined 5323 days ago 4143 posts - 8864 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, Spanish, Swedish, French, English, German, Italian Studies: Russian
| Message 773 of 1511 18 July 2013 at 8:18am | IP Logged |
Have a lovely trip, tarvos! You have made some very good choices for your trip, and I am sure that you will
have the time of your life :-)
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| Luso Hexaglot Senior Member Portugal Joined 6050 days ago 819 posts - 1812 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, French, EnglishC2, GermanB1, Italian, Spanish Studies: Sanskrit, Arabic (classical)
| Message 774 of 1511 18 July 2013 at 7:24pm | IP Logged |
Expugnator wrote:
Pity :P Can't help you on that |
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I can, if you want. And I believe Expugnator could also. In spite of the "common wisdom" of this forum, it's not all that different. If you are a native speaker, that is.
Edited by Luso on 18 July 2013 at 7:27pm
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| tarvos Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member China likeapolyglot.wordpr Joined 4696 days ago 5310 posts - 9399 votes Speaks: Dutch*, English, Swedish, French, Russian, German, Italian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Romanian, Afrikaans Studies: Greek, Modern Hebrew, Spanish, Portuguese, Czech, Korean, Esperanto, Finnish
| Message 775 of 1511 18 July 2013 at 7:52pm | IP Logged |
Alanjazz wrote:
Tarvos, I have to say that your language learning is inspiring
(though I am jealous!) You seem to learn new
languages fast, and even if they are related, it's impressive. Keep doing what you do!
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I most certainly will! Most of the languages I want to learn have to do with several
things: travel, personal interest in that country, I may have friends. For example I
speak German which is not a language I use a lot (and my grammar is pretty shit) but
one of my best friends is Bavarian, so it is worth knowing (although I spoke German
before we met).
I don't learn languages particularly fast - I start speaking earlier than most people.
I simply take the beginner's hurdle faster. Once you get into complex territory I'm
just as clueless as everybody else.
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Have a lovely trip, tarvos! You have made some very good choices for your trip,
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Thanks!
What may these good choices have been?
By the way, I plan to practice some German during my layover at Hannover. Maybe on the
IC to Hannover I will speak some German too. Is that a good choice? ;-)
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I can, if you want. And I believe Expugnator could also. In spite of the "common
wisdom" of this forum, it's not all that different. If you are a native speaker, that
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It's the same language, different orthographical rules exist among variants of other
languages as well. I adhere to the Portugal variant because I am bound to have more
contact with it (and I prefer its vowel reduction, easier to pronounce for me).
By the way, I will be keeping a travelogue in a little notebook. I may also take some
pictures (with my phone, don't expect professional quality. This is RUSSIA...)
Sunday is when I leave, August 15th is when I come back.
Once I officially start Portuguese I'll call back in here.
Edited by tarvos on 18 July 2013 at 8:13pm
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| tarvos Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member China likeapolyglot.wordpr Joined 4696 days ago 5310 posts - 9399 votes Speaks: Dutch*, English, Swedish, French, Russian, German, Italian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Romanian, Afrikaans Studies: Greek, Modern Hebrew, Spanish, Portuguese, Czech, Korean, Esperanto, Finnish
| Message 776 of 1511 21 July 2013 at 4:06pm | IP Logged |
Tonight, we dine in hell. This. Is. RUSSIA!!!!
(I leave on the train in two hours).
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