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In my experience Brasilian Portuguese is much easier to understand and I've actually been able to have conversations with Brasilian speakers where we knew about
by jfaucett 9y ago
In my experience Brasilian Portuguese is much easier to understand and I've actually been able to have conversations with Brasilian speakers where we knew about 80-90% of what the other person was saying.
But in Europe I've been sitting on trains directly next to Portuguese speakers and had a very difficult time even understanding say 40% of what they were talking about. It was as if in Portugal they just chew up the words and chop them all up, which makes it super difficult to understand. That wasn't the case with the Brasilians I've spoken too. With them I could actually have conversations and know what they were saying.
But thats just my personal experience.
- jessaustin 9y agoThat seems like English? Anyone from any part of the English-speaking world can understand anyone else from any other part, except there are lots of people from England that none of us can understand.
- Symbiote 9y agoThere are plenty of incomprehensible Americans and Australians etc, precepts you either don't interact with them (poor people?) or you are American / Australian, and don't realise that as a Brit I can have difficult understanding a strong Boston accent. (I think. One of the characters in "Spotlight" was the most recent time I understood almost nothing.)
- phillc73 9y agoWho is "us"? I'm not English, but lived there for more than 16 years. I think I understand most British regional English accents, including Welsh, Scottish and Northern Irish quite well.
- DanBC 9y ago> Anyone from any part of the English-speaking world can understand anyone else from any other part, Try watching an English person ask an American (in the US) for water or where the herbs are.
- jessaustin 9y agoYes my point was precisely that many people from England are incomprehensible.