If you want a decent return on your investment, says Helen Joyce, the best language to learn is Brazilian Portuguese… Some lunatics learn languages for fun. The rest of us are looking for a decent return on our investment. That means choosing a language with plenty of native speakers. One spoken by people worth talking [...]
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Gringo – Don’t worry if Brazilian people call you “Gringo”.
If you are traveling by Brazil, has probably been called a ”gringo” or heard that word. This is because many Brazilians do not speak Portuguese and soon they see some tourist speaking in a strange language to Portuguese - whether English, German, French and even Spanish, quickly call the tourist ”gringo”. Gringo definition Brazilian people has a special name for who are not from Brazil. Brazilian people use to call foreign as ”gringo”. In fact, everything that is [...]
Portuguese Lesson: Learn some Portuguese Linguistics
Here’s a short list of stuff that we’ve found interestin and challenging, or even weird about Brazilian Portuguese to teach to foreign tourists travelling in Brazil : Made Up Words You can found this really confusing at first about Portuguese. In truth, you don’t really make up words a lot in Portuguese, but you do modify [...]
Brazil Language: Learn Portuguese!
Unlike what many foreigners think, the language spoken in Brazil is not Spanish. Brazil is the only country in Latin America where Portuguese is spoken. This is because Brazil wascolonized by Portugal. Then, the official language is Portuguese. English and Spanish are also spoken in larger cities. However, Brazilians are keen to communicate with tourists and do their best to do so. Learn Portuguese! Check out some useful words and phrases. See also how [...]
