There is a popular but wrong image of Portuguese language. Most people, when hear me saying “I learn Portuguese”, respond “Why not Spanish?”. They truly believe that Portuguese is a small language spoken only in one country of Europe. They cannot be more wrong. In fact, there are only 5% of Portuguese speakers, who live in Portugal! First of all, there is a huge Portuguese-speaking country on the other part of the world – Brazil. There are still people, who think that Brazilians speak either Spanish or Brazilian language. This is weird, you says? I know! So, what is actually so interesting about this language?Portuguese evolved out of Vulgar Latin…

This is a big day for my learning Portuguese! Today, I spoke Portuguese to real people and was able to converse! Even though, it did not start so easily. Let me explain step by step. Last Friday, my polyglot friends advised me that there are online meetings organised by Language Exchange Switzerland (as I found out later, together with Language Exchange Ireland). Today, I did not plan to attend, as I have my singing lesson till 19, the same time, when the language meeting starts, but you have to arrive 15 minutes earlier. At least, this is what is said on their FB page. However, my teacher canceled the last…

So, I decided to look for some songs in Portuguese. This is my favorite part of language learning – singing the songs. I would not say that this is less time consuming than watching movies because when I start singing, it is difficult to stop me. 😀 I have googled some Brazilian singers, but I liked one bang the most. This is a trio Melim. The songs are really cute and one hit my top 10: Dois corações! Especially the acoustic version. I have found the lyrics, translated unknown words and tried to sing it. The male part is a bit too complicated for me because of fast lines, but…

Today, I decided to risk and to watch a movie in Portuguese. My choice fall on Megarromântico (Isn’t It Romantic) because I watched it a few days earlier and I found it funny. Additionally, there was Brazilian Portuguese version on Netflix. This movie is really funny. It is a romantic comedy, which is a parody on the other romantic comedies. This experience was really funny. I did not understand much, only based on the context. Nevertheless, I enjoyed it and I still like how the language sounds 🙂 Additionally, I can easily understand words, among the others: “Olá”, “você”, “amor”, “Sim” and “Obrigado/a”. What else do I need after one…