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Yes, EN subs is a must have, I'm sure my brother is capable of that. Good luck with learning Portuguese. Just like French, you'll need some perseverance in the

by Ftuuky 9y ago

Yes, EN subs is a must have, I'm sure my brother is capable of that. Good luck with learning Portuguese. Just like French, you'll need some perseverance in the beginning. ;)

lb1lf 9y ago
Fun (to me, at least) and perhaps tangentially related - I spent A LOT of time in Vigo, Spain (Well, Vigo, Galicia, as the locals would say) a few years ago - my employer had a major delivery at one of the shipyards, and I volunteered to stay until we had it all sorted. Turned out to take way longer than expected. I started picking up quite a lot of what I assumed to be Spanish (this being Spain an'all) from being around the locals - and was able to make myself understood, too, after a fashion. Much to my surprise, I later found when trying out my recently-acquired Spanish skills in Madrid that I was mostly met with blank stares. In Lisbon, though, my mix of rudimentary Portuguese (picked up in Brazil and Mozambique) and the 'Spanish' I'd picked up in Vigo was well understood. And thus I found out that Galego was a distinct language, significantly more related to Portuguese than to Spanish.
- icebraining 9y ago
  Quite right; in fact, before independence Portugal was a county (as in, ruled by a count) of the Kingdom of Galicia, which has been a territory since the Roman times (called Gallaecia then). Of course, the county was just the northern tip of what is Portugal today, before the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reconquista https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reconquista
- Ftuuky 9y ago
  I am actually from Northern Portugal, very close to the Galician border and can confirm that Galego is much closer to Portuguese than to Spanish.
pavel_lishin 9y ago
> Yes, EN subs is a must have, I'm sure my brother is capable of that. The Primitive Technology guy, mentioned in other comments, makes completely silent videos.
gkya 9y ago
Thanks! Is there a YT channel or blog etc. where we can follow to be notified if that project becomes real? I already know italian, and I'm slowly starting to learn french, so I guess that will help w/ portuguese. I can already understand bits and pieces when I read, but listening, I have no chance.
- Ftuuky 9y ago
  There's nothing done yet. I just saw the videos posted in this thread, it reminded me of my father and I asked if this is something people would like to see. If anything gets done it'll be thanks to my brother since I live and work far away from my parents' hometown.

by Ftuuky 9y ago

Yes, EN subs is a must have, I'm sure my brother is capable of that. Good luck with learning Portuguese. Just like French, you'll need some perseverance in the beginning. ;)

lb1lf 9y ago

Fun (to me, at least) and perhaps tangentially related - I spent A LOT of time in Vigo, Spain (Well, Vigo, Galicia, as the locals would say) a few years ago - my employer had a major delivery at one of the shipyards, and I volunteered to stay until we had it all sorted. Turned out to take way longer than expected. I started picking up quite a lot of what I assumed to be Spanish (this being Spain an'all) from being around the locals - and was able to make myself understood, too, after a fashion. Much to my surprise, I later found when trying out my recently-acquired Spanish skills in Madrid that I was mostly met with blank stares. In Lisbon, though, my mix of rudimentary Portuguese (picked up in Brazil and Mozambique) and the 'Spanish' I'd picked up in Vigo was well understood. And thus I found out that Galego was a distinct language, significantly more related to Portuguese than to Spanish.

icebraining 9y ago
Quite right; in fact, before independence Portugal was a county (as in, ruled by a count) of the Kingdom of Galicia, which has been a territory since the Roman times (called Gallaecia then). Of course, the county was just the northern tip of what is Portugal today, before the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reconquista https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reconquista
Ftuuky 9y ago
I am actually from Northern Portugal, very close to the Galician border and can confirm that Galego is much closer to Portuguese than to Spanish.

pavel_lishin 9y ago

> Yes, EN subs is a must have, I'm sure my brother is capable of that. The Primitive Technology guy, mentioned in other comments, makes completely silent videos.

gkya 9y ago

Thanks! Is there a YT channel or blog etc. where we can follow to be notified if that project becomes real? I already know italian, and I'm slowly starting to learn french, so I guess that will help w/ portuguese. I can already understand bits and pieces when I read, but listening, I have no chance.

Ftuuky 9y ago
There's nothing done yet. I just saw the videos posted in this thread, it reminded me of my father and I asked if this is something people would like to see. If anything gets done it'll be thanks to my brother since I live and work far away from my parents' hometown.