Portuguese Speakers
 

First message.

Who here speaks Portuguese?

Thanks.

[QUOTE=thread 037;303013]First message.

Who here speaks Portuguese?

Thanks.[/QUOTE]pinhodecarlos certainly. There may well be others.

I speak.

Por favor envie-me mensagem privada.

(Please send me a private message)

[QUOTE=xilman;303019]pinhodecarlos certainly. There may well be others.[/QUOTE]
Lycorn?
Ronaldo?
Figo?
Eusebio?

[QUOTE=pinhodecarlos;303020]I speak.

Por favor envie-me mensagem privada.

(Please send me a private message)[/QUOTE]

Olá a todos. (Hello there!)

Enviarei. (I'll send).

Thanks.

To be honest, anyone who knows some French, Spanish or Italian could probably understand simple Portuguese.

Bonjour à tous.

Je l'enverrai.

:smile:

[QUOTE=Dubslow;303091]To be honest, anyone who knows some French, Spanish or Italian could probably understand simple Portuguese.

Bonjour à tous.

Je l'enverrai.

:smile:[/QUOTE]
or Romanian :razz:

[QUOTE=LaurV;303099]or Romanian :razz:[/QUOTE]

I had been under the impression that Romanian is less similar than the others to each other, though with simple statements perhaps it is just as similar. A demonstration? :smile:

:rant::yucky: GIYF!

[QUOTE=Dubslow;303091]To be honest, anyone who knows some French, Spanish or Italian could probably understand simple Portuguese.

Bonjour à tous.

Je l'enverrai.

:smile:[/QUOTE]
[URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaxPJ_V3kvE"]Puis je?[/URL]

[QUOTE=LaurV;303102]:rant::yucky: GIYF![/QUOTE]
Translation please!

[QUOTE=Dubslow;303091]To be honest, anyone who knows some French, Spanish or Italian could probably understand simple Portuguese.
[/QUOTE]

I think it's otherwise.
When I go to Spain and slowly speak Portuguese the Spanish people don't understand, only if they live in the north of Spain. I often make that test. I speak fluent Spanish.
If a Spanish guy comes to Portugal and speaks to Portuguese people we have "brains" to make an effort to understand him, Spanish people don't do that.

[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dt0ipUCfdlU]Sympathy for the Devil[/url]

[QUOTE=pinhodecarlos;303141]I think it's otherwise.
When I go to Spain and slowly speak Portuguese the Spanish people don't understand, only if they live in the north of Spain. I often make that test. I speak fluent Spanish.
If a Spanish guy comes to Portugal and speaks to Portuguese people we have "brains" to make an effort to understand him, Spanish people don't do that.[/QUOTE]

I think we all have brains here :smile: but I get your point.

[QUOTE=Dubslow;303146]I think we all have brains here[/QUOTE]

Can't see mine ATM :((
[URL]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TSpV4wJC2Y[/URL]

[QUOTE=pinhodecarlos;303141]I think it's otherwise.
When I go to Spain and slowly speak Portuguese the Spanish people don't understand, only if they live in the north of Spain. I often make that test. I speak fluent Spanish.
If a Spanish guy comes to Portugal and speaks to Portuguese people we have "brains" to make an effort to understand him, Spanish people don't do that.[/QUOTE]

I do not agree. It is true that most Portuguese people can speak "Castelhano" the most common of the languages used in Spain.

But on Portuguese TV, subtitles (or CC) are used, and the original English or American sountrack is kept.

This is also true for any hollywood movie and blockbuster.

In Spain all soundtracks are changed to Spanish (Castelhano).

To me, this makes all the difference, as most of the Portuguese people are exposed to foreign languages since they start to watch TV.

In the North of Spain (at least the zone to the North of Portugal) people speak using "Galego" which is closer to Portuguese than to Spanish (Castelhano).