The FASTEST Way to Learn Portuguese from Portugal

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  • čas přidán 3. 06. 2024
  • Anita's Portuguese MasterClass: www.portuguesewithanita.com/D...
    Hello I'm some guy named Dave in Portugal.
    In this video I reveal the fastest way to learn Portuguese and it isn't what you might think!
    If you're interested in more videos about Portugal, subscribe to this channel and follow my journey!
    -Dave
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Komentáře • 94

  • @vommir.
    @vommir. Před 10 měsíci +35

    Great video Dave, what helped me to learn PT from PT faster was to
    1. Put emphasis when speaking with Portuguese people that you want to speak Portuguese with them and not switch back to English for comfort and ease of conversation. This is a crucial point and I see a lot of my friends living here in Portugal stuck on their progress because of this.
    2. Consume on a daily basis Portuguese content : RTP is a good source and free, also some but really limited amount of Netflix shows/movies in PT-PT.
    3. Listen to Podcasts from PT either on popular platforms or CZcams channels.
    4. Learn trough online or offline classes/courses of your choice, what fits with your needs, schedule and budget.
    5. Have fun, don't be scared to make mistake and you'll get there!
    Obrigado malta!

    • @DaveinPortugal
      @DaveinPortugal  Před 10 měsíci +4

      These are really great tips! 🙌🏻

    • @reneewafford6791
      @reneewafford6791 Před 10 měsíci +1

      Dave..I can't find Anita's link.. Can u help me out? Tx!

  • @goncalogomes1025
    @goncalogomes1025 Před 10 měsíci +12

    Dave is a legend

  • @lucasxgomes19
    @lucasxgomes19 Před 10 měsíci +5

    This is amazing! Congrats! I'm brazilian and I'm looking forward to see you speaking portuguese, I'm pretty sure that you will get it.
    the best thing that you are living and breathing portuguese all the time, then your journey will be great and fast.

  • @203Salomon
    @203Salomon Před 10 měsíci

    Obrigado, For this channel.
    I find youre videos fantastic. Please keep on posting🙌

  • @__MPires__
    @__MPires__ Před 10 měsíci +13

    You need to make a video of you just speaking Portuguese! From the little that I've heard I think you accent is really good.
    Our Portuguese is notorious for its dictation difficulty, in counterpart to our brother variation, Brazilian Portuguese. Which most foreigners find easier to understand the latter.
    Nive video as always!

    • @vervideosgiros1156
      @vervideosgiros1156 Před 10 měsíci +3

      Para um francês o nosso Português seria mais fácil!

  • @livingworkingoutsidebox
    @livingworkingoutsidebox Před 8 měsíci

    Great job, Dave and Anita. 😊 It reminded me a bit of Good morning Vietnam. When Robin Williams interviewed Nixon. 😮😅😉🤔👍

  • @walterramirez3287
    @walterramirez3287 Před 4 měsíci

    Dave I’m going to tell you what I really like about you. You are living the life I was dreaming of when I was planning to moved to Portugal. Living with the locals. I was not interested in Lisbon Porto and some areas of The Algarve. I grew up in a small Island, living in a small town where everyone knew everyone and loved. Thanks for all the great videos you create showing us “Locals” living.

  • @benjamindover4337
    @benjamindover4337 Před 10 měsíci +2

    Anita has a gift for teaching for sure 👍

  • @davidstoeckl6439
    @davidstoeckl6439 Před 10 měsíci

    We just got back from our month in Portugal, last week. It was amazing and fun. So much of the language I do not yet know, but could add in bits here and there, beyond greetings or obrigado. What was funny - a few times people would correct my pronunciation, but I started to notice on obrigado specifically, differences that seemed more dialectical. I also noticed people just saying 'brigad' regularly, kind of like 'thanks'. Another place, a man greeted me. "Tarde." Afternoon.
    Finally, I could also suggest, my wife had a translator app that helped us understand others, including church sermons. It hears a voice and translates in real time. Even better, she would practice her pronunciations with that app. The app thereby showed when her pronunciation was correct by understanding and translating the word. Very clever.

  • @rickchandler2570
    @rickchandler2570 Před 10 měsíci +5

    I’m in the US and take lessons 3 times a week from a lady in Lisboa for the past 7 months. I can read and write fairly well but damn I struggle with speaking. Reason is I don’t think in Portuguese, I have to think of the sentence in English then translate it. So by the time I actually get the sentence I want to say, the person would have lost interest and either left or switched to English…. I hope that by the time I move to PT in Oct. I’ll be good enough to be able to actually speak to someone. I do the same thing as far as write out sentences and watch RTP with PT subtitles. I also have a journal that I write what I did that day in Portuguese. It’s a fun language, but yeah it’s not easy…. Nothing worth doing is easy.

    • @motttta
      @motttta Před 10 měsíci +2

      The older we are, the harder it is to learn things in such a natural and fluent way. But, language is communication and logic. Don't focus so much on learning the correct way. Focus on communicating and making your ideas understood. The rest, will come step by step, if you continue learning.

    • @motttta
      @motttta Před 10 měsíci

      Also, learning a language without being in a place, forget it... That's impossible. In fact, when you come to Portugal, you will probably understand nothing that people say to you.

    • @rickchandler2570
      @rickchandler2570 Před 10 měsíci +3

      @@motttta I think that’s a stretch. I understand most videos I watch in Portuguese. I watch a lot of Portuguese TV/movies on RTP and understand a good amount of it. My teacher does say that the speaking part will come much faster once I’m immersed in it. I can put simple sentences together now, but I have to think about all the verbs and pronouns and such. The more I speak it with natives, the quicker that will come.

    • @angelaferreira2193
      @angelaferreira2193 Před 20 dny

      Dont worry you'll get there!!!!!😊😊😊😊😊😊

  • @krislozano0703
    @krislozano0703 Před 10 měsíci +3

    I love Anita! I have her course!!

  • @RemofRenaissance
    @RemofRenaissance Před 10 měsíci

    I only just hit play but in advance…. Thank you. This is part of my staple 🇵🇹 dossier. 🙌🏾

  • @entrophyentrophy9562
    @entrophyentrophy9562 Před 4 měsíci

    Hi I’m going to be signing up for Anita’s classes. I noticed some comments about “RPT”. What do these initials represent? Is there a link or information you can share about RPT? Thanks for sharing your experience and knowledge ❤😊

  • @SimpletonPortuguese
    @SimpletonPortuguese Před 10 měsíci +15

    Speaking as a person (debatable) with some experience in helping people learn Portuguese as a foreign language, I don't think it's realistic to expect to be fluent in 5 months. It could be possible if you're a genius or if you're fluent in Spanish (although in this case you would also face the challenge of moving from "portuñol" to actual Portuguese). Learning Portuguese or any other language is a slow process that can be somewhat accelerated by working really hard and surrounding yourself with as much of the language as possible. But, speaking as a person (still debatable) with a CZcams channel, I also understand the need to have "clickbaity" thumbnails. :)

    • @motttta
      @motttta Před 10 měsíci

      How is it debatable that you are speaking as a person? Is there a possibility you are speaking as a Cachalote?

    • @SimpletonPortuguese
      @SimpletonPortuguese Před 10 měsíci +3

      @@motttta I will say nothing about that matter until my lawyer is present.

    • @motttta
      @motttta Před 10 měsíci +2

      @@SimpletonPortuguese Fair enough. I will see you in court! 😂

    • @patrickmcnally1532
      @patrickmcnally1532 Před 9 měsíci

      You sound like an American.😊

    • @SimpletonPortuguese
      @SimpletonPortuguese Před 9 měsíci

      @@patrickmcnally1532 Obrigado?

  • @krislozano0703
    @krislozano0703 Před 10 měsíci +2

    Anita is a great teacher.

  • @andresguzmanposada1696
    @andresguzmanposada1696 Před 21 dnem

    Is the portuguese course still available?

  • @wallywal6139
    @wallywal6139 Před 10 měsíci +3

    I initially signed up for this class a while ago and had to wait until I got an email that enrollment was open. I suggest that if you're interested that you use the link otherwise you may have to wait to get into this popular class. I now have real incentive to get started as we're in the process of buying a sweet renovated stone cottage in central Portugal. Our plans of moving to Portugal full time within the next year or so are on track but so much to do! I'm going to combine Anita's class with Portuguese TV from Lingopie. They supply subtitles that you can click on for instant translation and other neat features. I'm hoping that the combination of the two will help make learning the language easier for me. Anita recommends that you watch Portuguese TV while taking the course as well. Thanks for the video, cheers!

    • @PortuguesewithAnita
      @PortuguesewithAnita Před 10 měsíci

      Well done :) That sounds like a great plan! Will be here for any support you need ☺

  • @tylerwest719
    @tylerwest719 Před 9 měsíci +4

    I was conversational in Portuguese after two months in Brazil. Immersion with no English speakers around is always the fastest way, but not always an option.

  • @inesmo1304
    @inesmo1304 Před 10 měsíci +2

    Hi, David. Portuguese native here. I'm planning to move to Central Portugal next month and I'll be offering Portuguese conversation. Anyone interested?

  • @karimakuka
    @karimakuka Před 10 měsíci

    obrigdo

  • @xTrengo
    @xTrengo Před 9 měsíci

    n sei se foi mencionado, mas a idade conta... na minha idade não ia tentar aprender inglês, muito menos em 5 meses! para quem vem para cá de outro país com outra língua, na idade da reforma, será muito mais difícil aprender português... a não ser que se pratique diáriamente "café e pastel de nata faxavor" ao fim de uma semana já é "o costume" :D

  • @PedroSilva-gn6qo
    @PedroSilva-gn6qo Před 10 měsíci +1

    Hi Dave. Até you going to visit the biggest medieval fair on whole europe, in Sta. Maria da Feira um august?

  • @pavin8757
    @pavin8757 Před 10 měsíci

    I am confident I will pass the A2, my question is does my spouse need to pass it as well?

  • @Batman-vl8yj
    @Batman-vl8yj Před 10 měsíci

    I'm Batman! 🦇 Dave, your channel is interesting and funny, keep it up. I will endorse you harder if you pay me ;) (winky face). I've noticed something funny (this is not criticism) in your channel description, you said: "Um cara chamado Dave". "Um cara" is Brazilian slang, ironic when your channel is about Portugal. I can tell you used Google Translator because it translates to pt-BR, not to pt-PT. Nothing wrong with using Translator, I just found this curious, in fact it can also help you or anyone learn more Portuguese as well as other languages.

  • @gracasilver8574
    @gracasilver8574 Před 10 měsíci +7

    Essa questão que parece ser arbitrária do Masculino e Feminino tem a ver com a Etimologia das palavras .
    A Língua Portuguesa tem uma longa História por detrás . Para entender melhor certas questões conviria estudar o Latim ... Pouca gente o faz ... No entanto , um aspecto a reter é que o Latim tinha o género Neutro , que com o tempo foi absorvido ... Quando nós dizemos " Todos " , isso inclui o Masculino , o Feminino e o Neutro . Já o " Todas " expressa únicamente o Feminino .
    Explicar porque uma palavra é Feminina ou Masculina é complicado , pois isso tem a ver com a palavra latina que lhe deu origem e não só ...
    Por exemplo , a palavra " barba " veio da palavra latina " barbam " ( que está no caso Acusativo ) ... Com o tempo perdeu o " m " .
    Se tivesse saído do caso latino Nominativo " barbus " , já não terminaria em " a " e não seria inserida no Feminino ...
    O caso do termo " bigode " parece ter origens obscuras ... Contudo há alguns que defendem que tem origem germânica ... O que também é bem possível .
    Já que imediatamente a seguir a termos sido colonizados pelos Romanos falando Latim , fomos colonizados por povos Germânicos , como os Suevos e os Visigodos .
    Portanto , as palavras do português têm diferentes origens ... e com a evolução e adaptação agora acabam por ser inseridas ou no Feminino ou no Masculino , que também representa o género Neutro .
    Compreendo que resulte confuso , mas há toda uma história linguística a ter em conta ... E todas as incongruências , aparentes e reais , só poderão ser superadas com o uso e treino persistente da língua portuguesa , ou seja " usar sem moderação " ou afincadamente , até tudo se tornar naturalmente fluído e fácil .

    • @EduardoTorres-ik7tx
      @EduardoTorres-ik7tx Před 10 měsíci +3

      Muito bem, foi sucinta e objetiva.

    • @vervideosgiros1156
      @vervideosgiros1156 Před 10 měsíci +2

      É mais complicado do que o referido atrás, porque por ex. "árvore", em Castelhano é masculino, assim como em Francês; "nariz" em Castelhano é feminino, ao contrário de em Português, Francês e Italiano, etc.

    • @PazLeBon
      @PazLeBon Před 10 měsíci

      Strangely it has a Russian 'sound' to many words , to us at least

    • @vervideosgiros1156
      @vervideosgiros1156 Před 10 měsíci +2

      @@PazLeBon Who are "us"? Where are you from? Russian and Portuguese has nothing to do with each other! I don't know who the hell invented that nonsense!

    • @adriancastillo1891
      @adriancastillo1891 Před 10 měsíci +1

      Muito bem explicado…. aprendi algumas coisas sobre o nosso idioma. 👍🙏

  • @teresahemingway4577
    @teresahemingway4577 Před 5 měsíci

    Português na Web on CZcams

  • @judithcambron8716
    @judithcambron8716 Před 6 měsíci

    How do I get Anita’s contact information?

  • @yar2719
    @yar2719 Před 10 měsíci +1

    Dave can I learn Brazilian Portuguese to speak to Native Portuguese in Portugal? I can only find Brazilian version of Portuguese and I love your videos about Portugal is such a cool and Beautiful Country

    • @homyce
      @homyce Před 10 měsíci +2

      I am not an expert in the matter at all, but from what I read online, while they will be able to understand you just fine, the reverse is not true and you may struggle to understand what's being said to you if you learn Brazilian Portuguese.

    • @pauvermelho
      @pauvermelho Před 10 měsíci

      " *I can only find Brazilian version of Portuguese* "
      Find what and where?

    • @AndNowIWrite
      @AndNowIWrite Před 10 měsíci

      You can find European Portuguese, usually there's an option. But, yes, Brazilian will work too.

    • @rayvogensen2983
      @rayvogensen2983 Před 10 měsíci +1

      @@homyce You are right. I knew Brazilian Portuguese before coming here many years ago and it was hard to understand the people at first. I never felt comfortable in a conversation with a Portuguese person as I did in Brazil. Now, after more than thirty years here I still don't have the same comprehension I had when I lived in Brazil, but that might be due to having a different age, both physically and brain-wise.

    • @rayvogensen2983
      @rayvogensen2983 Před 10 měsíci +2

      @@AndNowIWrite The variety of Portuguese taught on both DuoLingo and Babbel is Brazilian Portuguese. It all boils down to 215 million speakers vs 10 million speakers. Preparing these courses costs money and it is probably not economically viable to prepare a separate course for European Portuguese.

  • @Kanukosan
    @Kanukosan Před 10 měsíci

    Difficult languages to learn are the most interesting!

  • @jadedjhypsi
    @jadedjhypsi Před 10 měsíci

    It is the vast amount of verbs and their pairings that I get frustrated with =)

  • @foobar_
    @foobar_ Před 10 měsíci +2

    seems like we need to define "fluent" here. from learning English as my second language, for who knows how many years now, I can say that it is very difficult to become fluent. first of all you need to master grammar structures so they pop up effortless. but that's the easiest part. something teachers / courses don't like to talk about to not to scary you away is you'll need eventually to learn a lot of words. native english speaker for example knows from 20k to 35k words. and if you want to become fluent you'll have to get as close as you can. add conjugations (PT) to this and it becomes obvious that getting fluent is difficult. which is fine. just be honest and get prepared for a long journey.

  • @user-yr1tj9cm1w
    @user-yr1tj9cm1w Před 10 měsíci

    #ad

  • @vervideosgiros1156
    @vervideosgiros1156 Před 10 měsíci +1

    One year? Not enough to speak English fluently, let alone Portuguese, which is a way more complex and difficult language!

  • @RicardGomes76
    @RicardGomes76 Před 9 měsíci

    1. The alphabet is basically the same which is good
    2. Learn the personal pronouns
    3. Learn easy and easy to remember words
    4. Do it again and again with increasingly difficult words and so on...
    4. Watch CZcams videos with Portuguese (European in this case) language AND with rigorous legends...
    5. Then the verbs...
    6. Be pacient.

  • @teresahemingway4577
    @teresahemingway4577 Před 5 měsíci

    And my friends thought my taking 4 years of Latin was a waste of time 😂

  • @bo.neless
    @bo.neless Před 9 měsíci

    im trying to learn portuguese to be able to speak with my gf with her native language and also to impress her 😂

  • @jneves8827
    @jneves8827 Před 9 měsíci

    Need you to learn Portuguese?

  • @vervideosgiros1156
    @vervideosgiros1156 Před 10 měsíci +2

    It's not that important to say the correct gender of a noun: if a person say "o barba", instead of "a barba", everybody will understand you! It's something that you'll learn with practice and hearing people talking! In fact there's no logic when it comes to genders; it's something that differs from country to country, for instance: tree (árvore) is feminine in Portuguese and it's masculine both in Spanish and French; nose (nariz) is masculine in Portuguese, French and Italian and it's feminine in Spanish; smile, (sorriso) is masculine in Portuguese and French an feminine in Spanish. As you can see, it's even nothing to do with Latin, because things has changed so much!

    • @martacancela7681
      @martacancela7681 Před 10 měsíci

      Não é prudente generalizar assim. Com efeito, quando há contexto e boa vontade compreende-se bem quando o género está incorrecto. Contudo, analise estas palavras isoladamente: pêra/pero, ponte/ponto/ponta, caminha/caminho, lixo/lixa, banco/banca, conto/conta, cola/colo, porta/porte/porto, poço/poça, etc... Infelizmente, quando aprendemos uma nova língua esquecemo-nos muito rapidamente (ou nem damos por isso) das imensas incongruências, incorências, irregularidades e «estranhezas» da nossa própria língua materna, que aprendemos todos (felizmente) SEM esforço e da qual temos uma pronúncia impecável.

    • @vervideosgiros1156
      @vervideosgiros1156 Před 10 měsíci

      @@martacancela7681 A questão é que não há contexto... Com vontade tudo (ou quase) se aprende, sem dúvida!

  • @gestaocn7053
    @gestaocn7053 Před 7 měsíci

    brazilian portuguese is real portuguese, saying otherwise is xenophobia 😉

  • @rezzob
    @rezzob Před 10 měsíci

    What type of a language learner are you? enthusiast purist? sure then learn European Portuguese (a dying, obscure version of Portuguese). Are you the practical type? Then learn the Brazilian Portuguese because even in Portugal it will be the main version in couple of decades.

    • @digadiga100
      @digadiga100 Před 10 měsíci +1

      Ridiculous comment. And please note too that African variants are much closer to European Portuguese than to the Brazilian variant. They will all exist long after you are in your grave.

    • @galacticrelic258
      @galacticrelic258 Před 10 měsíci +2

      Reductionist dishonest take.

    • @jeanlundi2141
      @jeanlundi2141 Před 10 měsíci +3

      That's as silly as saying British english is going the way of the dodo, because American english is more popular.

    • @rezzob
      @rezzob Před 10 měsíci

      @@jeanlundi2141 You obviously don’t know what are you talking about. Learn which ever you want buddy

    • @jeanlundi2141
      @jeanlundi2141 Před 10 měsíci

      @@rezzob lol, sure, 'buddy'.