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Prove_your_argument@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

There’s a lot of similarities between Brazilian Portuguese and Spanish. Most Portuguese speaking people can understand basic Spanish but it’s harder for Spanish speaking people to understand Portuguese.

At least that’s what my wife tells me as a Spanish native ~150 days into learning Portuguese.

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wander1236@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
IMO (formal) American Portuguese and Spanish are pretty close to mutually intelligible, especially in writing. There’s a surprisingly consistent “system” for converting words between them and once you notice it, it’s pretty easy to tell what a sentence should be in the other language, if it’s even spelled differently in the first place. The grammar is also very similar. The biggest difference that gets me is how Portuguese tends to shift past tense conjugations further into the past vs Spanish.

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- spirinolas@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  I’m just curious, do you speak Portuguese or Spanish?
  
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  - Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Português, filho da puta, dizes isso?
    
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    avg@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Caralho, coitado do cara.
    
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    spirinolas@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Qual é o teu problema?
    
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    beegnyoshi@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Chamas-te @wander1236@sh.itjust.works?
    
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0x0@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Because Portuguese has many more vowels than Spanish and there are a lot of false friends between the two.

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