I've been trying to learn Portuguese for a while now to no avail. I speak Spanish, although not fluently and I feel that my learning Spanish is taking away from my learning Portuguese In part that they are similar.
I’d like to note that the same resources are not avialable between the two languages.
Portuguese is much more difficult than Spanish. The grammar is extremely challenging and, compared to Spanish, the fact that many of the words are really similar, it is easy to “mix up” the two languages. The same thing happened to me when I first started to
learn Portuguese. My teacher used to get furious when I did this. “Stop talking
Spanish,” she would exclaim. So I had to put Spanish down and exclusively concentrate on Portuguese. You will get it. Once you get a firm grasp of Portuguese, Spanish will be a breeze. Generally speaking, Portuguese speakers can understand about 75 percent of what Spanish speakers are saying, though the opposite is not true for Spanish listeners. Portuguese has more depth, more words and is richer than Spanish— it’s also prettier and more romantic. Portuguese has an ebb and flow, a rhythm and rhyme, almost like one singing, This “singing” is part of the vocabulary of
Portuguese. At times, Portuguese feels like poetry—it’s intoxicating once you understand its pulse and its references to “love”, “longing” and “yearning” or perhaps, “missing” someone. The best course to begin speaking immediately is Pimsleurs. Pimsleurs is methodical and easy, all you have to do is listen (you don’t have to try to memorize words). Next, I would continue forward with Rosetta Stone, building more vocabulary. But if you serious about learning Portuguese, YOU HAVE TO GO TO BRAZIL. When you get there, please don’t just stay in the tourist areas—you have to get out among the people—catch the bus, ask directions, speak with hotel workers and taxi drivers. This is when the fun really begins.
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