I wish I had studied more before I came because then I would be even further along now.So I'd say if you planning on moving here abs staying for more then a year that is definitely worth it to learn, even if you don't become fluent before you get here you'll have a good base to start from.Thanks, I also could take a small course of Portuguese at my university aswell to facilitate things some. Only 3-4% of Brazilians speak English, and the Lusophone world stretches across 4 continents and 10 countries. Spanish has less vowels than Portuguese and Spanish (just like Italian) are phonetic languages. So many shows on Netflix are subbed/dubbed in Spanish and most bookstores have a spanish language section. I started learning Portuguese from a reasonably high level thanks to being a Spanish native speaker. You will definitely be able to find Portuguese resources, but you will have more choices in Spanish.Also, ask yourself if you can only learn one, which would it be?
Once you get into the groove so to speak, it is very satisfying to listen to indeed. So for me, I’d say Spanish would be easier to learn first but if you find yourself more interested in Portuguese, go for it! Sejam bem-vindos ao r/Portuguese.Press J to jump to the feed.
Then you will only have to learn the change patterns and pronunciation. You also should really find a native speaker to practice with.If you do all that, I think 11 months is enough time to at least become proficient.Portuguese is simpler than Spanish? Even when I travel I try to learn the local language.Already knowing Spanish (and English), it will be much easier to learn Portuguese. I can however (sometimes) understand written sentences.What I would like to ask the people of this subreddit is how much effort you have put in to reach the level of Portuguese which you have.To me learning Portuguese seems much more difficult than learning Spanish. Instead pick which one you really want to learn first. However I like to think that I, compared to native English-speakers, have a bit of an advantage when it comes to pronunciation.. Although if you really like Portuguese more than Spanish and your motivation is bigger then begin with it :) good luckNew comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be castA community dedicated to learning and talking about the Portuguese language and cultures. After only about 10 months I was very fluent. I have around 11 months to reach fluent or almost fluent...If I were in your shoes id do it. Also, Sweden as a country has a lot of economical relations with Brazil so this would probably help me. Fast forward to my 3rd year in college and I was working in a Brazilian lab without any formal Portuguese. That might be a difficult decision for you, but think it over. Listen to some Bossa Nova, some salsa. It felt like my brain had a box for Now, about the way the languages sound… if any real linguist reads this please correct me if I’m wrong, but every phonetic vowel in Spanish is also present in English, which is not the case for Portuguese (I’m not talking about “A/E/I/O/U”, you must forget how things are spelled when it comes to phonetics, There are some different consonants both in Spanish and Portuguese, most notably /ɾ/ and /r/ (a.k.a. The most famous are the northeast (from the northeast region), south (from south region), carioca (from rio de janeiro), mineiro (from minas gerais state) and paulista (from são paulo).Don't feel bad if you can't understand very well people with other accents because it's really difficult to understand, mostly the mineiro and northerast ones because they tend to 'fuse' words like rednecks in USA.Hmm, very interesting.
I plan on becoming fluent in both Latin American Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese. Try to figure out which one grabs you just a little more than the other.And if you decide to go to Spanish first, you can save yourself some time on Portuguese down the road by learning and practicing the "ão."
Boa sorte! Any concept you've already learned in one language helps you to learn it in the other, so the faster you learn the first one the more groundwork you'll have done when you pick up the other.Start with Spanish, it's easier. It’s hard at first, probably even more for an English speakers, but once you get used it becomes much easier to improve your pronunciation.Wow, nice, thanks for the image!