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> I've also dabbled enough to know that to do so would be really hard. No, that's not true. Learn Brazilian Portuguese and you'll be 95% there. The major diffe
by santiagobasulto 7y ago
> I've also dabbled enough to know that to do so would be really hard.
No, that's not true. Learn Brazilian Portuguese and you'll be 95% there. The major differences are in the voçe vs. tu (second-person singular pronoun). There are other differences (mainly pronunciation), but the core of the language is the same.
Source: I'm from Argentina and learned Brazilian (travel often). I have a few Portuguese friends and I have 0 issues talking and understanding them.
- ColinWright 7y agoTalking with and understanding them is not the remnant to which I refer. I'm not sure I can explain it, but I've found in generally, converting a "near enough" version to a "proper" version is something I find difficult. Experience of my own learning tells me that if I start with Brazillian PT then I will forever be labelled as a speaker of Brazillian PT, even if I try hard to leverage it across into European PT. Understanding and being understood is not the entire point here. Having said that, I'm finding virtually no resources for learning Euro-PT, so I'm likely to have to resign myself to always being thought of as a speaker of Br-PT, despite living a few hundred kms from Portugal. (BTW - thanks for the response, it is a useful data point)
- jgrahamc 7y agoYes. But I live in Portugal now and I don't want to speak like a Brazilian. I want to speak like a European Portuguese person. Duolingo should clearly label their "Portuguese" as "Brazilian Portuguese" as the pronunciation differences between the languages are massive and there are grammar and vocabulary differences.