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Problem
How will I learn and remember Portuguese? Where will I need it and where can I practise it, hear it and keep up and augment it?
Answer
Learn it the same way you would eat a mythical elephant sandwich, one small bite at a time.
I picked up a card about D'Oliveiras who produce Madeira wines on the island of Madeira where they speak Portuguese.
Where and when would you need Portuguese?
1 In Portugal, in Europe, perhaps staying at a Pousada hotel.
2 In Brazil, South America.
3 In the island of Madeira.
4 In a Portuguese restaurant.
5 In a wine shop looking at Portuguese wines, buying Madeira, Port, Mateus Rose or other Portugues wine.
6 On the island of Macau which has a huge number of visitors, presumably because of the Casino - and the Chinese love gambling.
7 In a hotel or restaurant of any nationality when reading the wine list and ordering a bottle of Portuguese wine.
That's not all. Wikipedia said:
Portuguese (português or, in full, língua portuguesa) is a western Romance language and the sole official language of Portugal, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Angola, and São Tomé and Príncipe.[5] It also has co-official language status in East Timor, Equatorial Guinea and Macau in China. As the result of expansion during colonial times, a cultural presence of Portuguese and Portuguese creole speakers are also found in Goa, Daman and Diu in India;[6] in Batticaloa on the east coast of Sri Lanka; in the Indonesian island of Flores; in the Malacca state of Malaysia; and the ABC islands in the Caribbean where Papiamento is spoken, while Cape Verdean Creole is the most widely spoken Portuguese-based Creole. A Portuguese-speaking person or nation may be referred to as "Lusophone" in both English and Portuguese.
Portuguese - English
Avenida - avenue
casa - house
e - and
exportadores - exporters
horas - hours
ilha - island
Janeiro - January
Lugar - place (think of the English word location)
museu - museum
Outubro - October
Praça - Square
produtores - producers/growers
rua - street
Santa - saint / holy
English - Portuguese
and - e
avenue - Avenida
exportadores - exporters
growers/producers - produtores
holy - santa
hours - horas
house - casa
island - ilha
January - Janeiro
museum - museu
October - Outubro
saint - santa
street - rua
wine/s - vinho/s
https://www.visitportugal.com/en/destinos/madeira
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/madeira-wine-two-hundred-year-old-found-fortified-cellar-new-jersey-liberty-hall-union-a7835881.html
http://www.kean.edu/libertyhall/about/history
duolingo.com
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madeira
http://travelwithangelalansbury.blogspot.co.uk/2018/01/port-and-portuguese-wine-labels-and.
http://travelwithangelalansbury.blogspot.co.uk/2018/01/how-to-ask-for-food-and-drink-in.
http://travelwithangelalansbury.blogspot.co.uk/2018/01/learn-your-first-ten-words-in.
http://travelwithangelalansbury.blogspot.co.uk/2018/01/how-do-you-say-please-in-portuguese-is.
Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker, teacher of English, learner of 12 other languages.
Please see my other travel blog:
http://www.luxurytravelforless.co.uk
How will I learn and remember Portuguese? Where will I need it and where can I practise it, hear it and keep up and augment it?
Answer
Learn it the same way you would eat a mythical elephant sandwich, one small bite at a time.
I picked up a card about D'Oliveiras who produce Madeira wines on the island of Madeira where they speak Portuguese.
Where and when would you need Portuguese?
1 In Portugal, in Europe, perhaps staying at a Pousada hotel.
2 In Brazil, South America.
3 In the island of Madeira.
4 In a Portuguese restaurant.
5 In a wine shop looking at Portuguese wines, buying Madeira, Port, Mateus Rose or other Portugues wine.
6 On the island of Macau which has a huge number of visitors, presumably because of the Casino - and the Chinese love gambling.
7 In a hotel or restaurant of any nationality when reading the wine list and ordering a bottle of Portuguese wine.
That's not all. Wikipedia said:
Portuguese (português or, in full, língua portuguesa) is a western Romance language and the sole official language of Portugal, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Angola, and São Tomé and Príncipe.[5] It also has co-official language status in East Timor, Equatorial Guinea and Macau in China. As the result of expansion during colonial times, a cultural presence of Portuguese and Portuguese creole speakers are also found in Goa, Daman and Diu in India;[6] in Batticaloa on the east coast of Sri Lanka; in the Indonesian island of Flores; in the Malacca state of Malaysia; and the ABC islands in the Caribbean where Papiamento is spoken, while Cape Verdean Creole is the most widely spoken Portuguese-based Creole. A Portuguese-speaking person or nation may be referred to as "Lusophone" in both English and Portuguese.
Portuguese - English
Avenida - avenue
casa - house
e - and
exportadores - exporters
horas - hours
ilha - island
Janeiro - January
Lugar - place (think of the English word location)
museu - museum
Outubro - October
Praça - Square
produtores - producers/growers
rua - street
Santa - saint / holy
English - Portuguese
and - e
avenue - Avenida
exportadores - exporters
growers/producers - produtores
holy - santa
hours - horas
house - casa
island - ilha
January - Janeiro
museum - museu
October - Outubro
saint - santa
street - rua
wine/s - vinho/s
Useful Websites
https://www.visitportugal.com/en/destinos/madeira
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/madeira-wine-two-hundred-year-old-found-fortified-cellar-new-jersey-liberty-hall-union-a7835881.html
http://www.kean.edu/libertyhall/about/history
duolingo.com
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madeira
http://travelwithangelalansbury.blogspot.co.uk/2018/01/port-and-portuguese-wine-labels-and.
http://travelwithangelalansbury.blogspot.co.uk/2018/01/how-to-ask-for-food-and-drink-in.
http://travelwithangelalansbury.blogspot.co.uk/2018/01/learn-your-first-ten-words-in.
http://travelwithangelalansbury.blogspot.co.uk/2018/01/how-do-you-say-please-in-portuguese-is.
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker, teacher of English, learner of 12 other languages.
Please see my other travel blog:
http://www.luxurytravelforless.co.uk
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