05/03/2017
Good afternoon! Today is the right time to publish second part of my blog of "how did I learn portuguese".
How should I study portuguese while out of Brazil?
This was the first obstacle. There are several ways, hundreds of applications, thousands of schools, hordes of teachers. When I started i did not really go for any of these. I had a huge advantage – native speaker. My girlfriend who is Paulistana – born and bred in São Paulo.
Everything started in February 2016. One night I decided that I want to speak portuguese. We had our regular skype call (I was in Prague, she was in São Paulo) and I told her to speak in portuguese. Simple sentences. Things like “how are you, how was your day” etc. It was really tough at the beginning as I did not understand a word. But every day as she was repeating the same sentences, I could get and absorb words. Then I was putting together words and creating sentences by myself. It was not grammatically correct but I was talking.
Apart from that, I was reading news at a Brazilian website – www.globo.com. At first everything seemed to be “Chinese language” as I did not understand at all. I was reading every day, translating every single word. After a couple of months I could read and speak better. Also an important part of my studies was listening part. My tip would be to browse on youtube and type in “easy Portuguese” and get yourself some Brazilian experience from the streets!
Só na globo.com você encontra tudo sobre o conteúdo e marcas do Grupo Globo. O melhor acervo de vídeos online sobre entretenimento, esportes e jornalismo do Brasil.
