disneytati Posted October 9, 2005 Author Posted October 9, 2005 She is so cute! My daughter will be 2 in November. You can see pictures of my kids on my member page. Yes, now that I see the spelling I remember. The "s" is spelled that way but pronounced "sh." Or at least that is how my friends pronounced it. I made that mistake at first myself, thinking Brazilians speak Spanish--they quickly corrected me, after laughing at me. I really enjoyed learning Portuguese and wound up taking Spanish in high school because it was the closest language to the Portuguese that I already knew some of already. I wish I could remember more. I think it's funny that the first thing two seventh-grade girls taught their American friend to say was how to swear, but it sure got me interested in the language. Awww, your kids are really cute too!!! The "sh" pronunciation is specific for Rio de Janeiro. I say it that way, and probably your friends were from here too. I took two years of Spanish, it's a nice language. Yeah, it's always like this: when Brazilian people teach Portuguese to their friends, the first thing is how to swear!!!
outnumbered Posted October 9, 2005 Posted October 9, 2005 Awww, your kids are really cute too!!! The "sh" pronunciation is specific for Rio de Janeiro. I say it that way, and probably your friends were from here too. I took two years of Spanish, it's a nice language. Yeah, it's always like this: when Brazilian people teach Portuguese to their friends, the first thing is how to swear!!!I believe two were from Rio and one was from Sao Paulo. I tried to do the pen pal thing with one after she moved back...a girl named Monique from Rio...but we were in 8th grade then and not great at writing, so that didn't last. Now that these memories have been triggered it's making me want to learn Portuguese again. Or at least brush up on my Spanish--it's been years since I had a chance to use it. I am from southern CA and there are many more hispanics there than in KY, where I live right now.
disneytati Posted October 9, 2005 Author Posted October 9, 2005 I believe two were from Rio and one was from Sao Paulo. I tried to do the pen pal thing with one after she moved back...a girl named Monique from Rio...but we were in 8th grade then and not great at writing, so that didn't last. Now that these memories have been triggered it's making me want to learn Portuguese again. Or at least brush up on my Spanish--it's been years since I had a chance to use it. I am from southern CA and there are many more hispanics there than in KY, where I live right now.Cool!!! Portuguese is a difficult language. I have just left my job, but when I was working I used to speak English the whole day, and my Portuguese spelling got kinda bad... I still write much more in English than Portuguese, and I love making online American and British friends! I like English more than my native language... Some time ago, I decided to make English my official language, and I try to speak it as much as possible. If the person can speak English, I don't speak Portuguese to them... My students got pissed... if I met any of them on the street, and they spoke Portuguese to me, I would go like: "sorry??? I don't understand what you say..." lol
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