Did you know you can slow down youtube videos? I get portuguese videos and set them at 75% speed, if I can get portuguese subtitles as well, that's even better.
Over the last 4 years I have been studying Spanish. I use it every single day and It is basically second nature. About 3 days ago I started learning Portuguese for the first time and I have fallen in love once again with another language. I really love your channel and I will definitely be using the videos from Easy Languages that you have contributed to for Portuguese. Thank you! P.S Although it is still early in my learning, I am not sure whether to base my Portuguese on the Portuguese spoken in Portugal or in Brazil. Both versions sound beautiful, I want to travel to both countries in the future, etc.
Ha! I had exactly the problem in Spanish that I was trying to get every word. Meanwhile my wife remembered enough high school Spanish and was more attentive to body language and what was happening and she'd have to explain things to me. Then I got into Brazilian Portuguese and now it's European Portuguese which makes me feel like I'm starting over. I'm doing Preply for regular conversation but would be happy to talk to someone who needs English practice.
One strategy that I use is to watch UA-cam videos in Portuguese. There are so many that a person can watch a video about a subject that is especially interesting for that person. And I have noticed that there are many Portuguese UA-cam videos by people whose first language is not Portuguese. There are several Americans, a Korean, a Russian and even a Canadian. I find people whose first language is not Portuguese, are the easiest to understand. Maybe they don't use as many colloquialisms or maybe their vocabulary is not as vast but I find listening to these people and understanding them gives me the confidence to try listening to Lisbon-born actress, Alba Baptista. If anyone can understand her Portuguese, they have mastered the language.
You described my problem! All because I'm studying all by myself, but I don't have practice! And it's such a shame! Because I live among native speakers! Those short conversations I have sometimes, I do what you described above - I'm trying to understand everything perfectly and I fail, panic and switch to English (((
glad somebody's putting some focus on the importance of listening comprehension! everybody's always so concerned with speaking skills, before even perfecting their listening comprehension. it is so much harder and more important than people think! especially when it comes to European Portuguese: it's harder to understand than most languages, to me at least.
I wonder whether that's because listening comprehension is easier with other languages? I've been learning Portuguese for around a year and I can read and express myself relatively well but I still struggle so much with listening. The reason I wonder whether it's a particular Portuguese thing is because even though I've never studied Spanish, I can understand spoken Spanish better than spoken European Portuguese just from the similarity of the vocabulary. The European Portuguese accent is just so hard to hear with it's nasality, stress on consonants, slurring and fluidity. I'd liken it to learning RP or US English and then moving to somewhere like Glasgow or Liverpool. You would definitely struggle.
@@michaelc.1710 Very true. I wonder did the Portuguese deliberately develop their language to be difficult to understand so that the Spanish couldn't understand them.
@@martinrea8548 nah, we just got a lot of invasions from different cultures, our language is latin based with a lot of words from other cultures like muslims, and it evolved over time to what it is now
@@martinrea8548 I read on a Brazilian site somewhere that the two languages (PT and BR Portuguese) started diverging very rapidly in the 1820s. What changed fastest wasn't the language in Brazil, but in Portugal! It sped up, and the existing tendencies towards vowel modification based on surrounding sounds and syllable deletion intensified. These are precisely the things that make spoken Portuguese difficult, at least to me. There was a lot going on at the time - the aftermath of the Napoleonic wars, which had seen French and British troops in the country, the return of the royal court with its hangers-on from Brazil to Portugal, the rapid growth of Porto and Lisbon, a civil war, the birth of Fado ... the list goes on. I think that when unwelcome outsiders are around it may well be that native speakers don't mind excluding them by making their speech more difficult. But that's just a guess.
Great tips! I’d never thought to search out news sites. You’ve got a native English (American: California) speaker here who’d love to language partner with a native European Portuguese speaker.
Hi Liz how are you...I have started studying European Portuguese early this month I have been learning alot since its close to Spanish, but the problem is I don't have anyone to speak to one on one. I live in Miami, and there's lots of Brazilians here but what I was told that their Portuguese is different from European, so I am having a hard time to find someone to pracritice with and I want to say I like your videos is straight too the point.
É muito rare alguém falar de maneira tão bonita e inteligivelmente como tu! Tu deverias ir para a televisão como locator /anunciador?/! Desculpe se eu não escrevo corretamente,sou um novato em português. Recebou e muito obrigado pela tua resposta!🤗
Liz, you are amazing! You've spotted the specific problems as far as European Portuguese is concerned. I'm Brazilian and, sometimes, I ask if it can be said in English. And Portuguese is my mother tong!!! Thank you ever so much for your videos.
I like the idea of writing down the words you know while listening to a clip and then doing the translation to see if you are right. This is a great way to learn. Thank you.
The bit at the start is so true. It’s so easy to fall into the trap of trying to translate every word and end up falling behind in the sentence which leads to brain freeze and you end up hearing nothing! I don’t have enough access to listening so always find this hardest when I’m in Portugal. Will try some of these tips.
This fantastic video came out over a year ago, but yes, I would like a European Portuguese language partner. I can do a language exchange in English (mother tongue), Spanish or Japanese.
Liz, belíssimo trabalho em compreensão auditiva e vídeo. Sou apaixonado pelo sotaque do português de Portugal. Sou brasileiro. No UA-cam há algumas novelas e toda novela em qualquer língua usa um vocabulário do dia-a-dia e esse é muito útil para quem quer se acostumar com a sonoridade do Português. Parabéns.
This is really helpful! Thanks. This is definitely the most challenging part of learning Portuguese for me - understanding what other people are saying! If it’s written down I can understand it so much more easily. If only people had subtitles when they were speaking!🤣I really like the tip about using euro news. Tried it just now and very useful - especially because it has the transcript too. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Oi Liz, como está. Eu também moro em Portugal. Praticamente sou de India. Tenho muito problams em grammatica. Pode faz video no grammatica. Eu vejo a sua muito videos Frequentemente. Senora é boa professora. Aqui no youtube tem não video sobre European português. Eu vou agradcer. Sorry if there is any mistake. Because i am using Portuguese first time. I listened and read too much since last two months. You are really a good teacher.
Just started watching your channel today. After learning BPR for a year I decided to learn European Portuguese. I'm definitely going to use these tips. Thanks so much, this is so motivating. So far I have a language partner but wow, the R is so strong. Sometimes I think he's russian. Haha
If you listen to the videos In the mood for Coimbra 1 and 2 on UA-cam observe the English of the speaker Anton. It absolutely perfect the point about this guy is he is NOT English he is Philippino he told me. I speak Tagalog and he has none of the Philippino mistakes that I know they make. I used to write English statements forms and stuff and leave some of these in as tiny smudges to make the script look more authentic but still good. Anyway if he can do English this good the I/we should be able to do portuguese as good. I personally try to get everything done as perfectly as I can so I don't have to come back and fix it.
I call it immersive listening. I listened to Spanish radio for years until I could finally discern the words instead of just a long string of syllables.
lmao I'm a native portuguese speaker from mozambique and I don't know how exactly I got into your channel but I've watched over 6 videos in less than 12 hours kkkk.. I'm making a comment in this specific video because the first sentence caught me by surprise.. That's kinda what happens to me with english.. I can understand youtube videos perfectly, but it gets tricky in movies and on the real world.... Your videos are quite easy to understand and I don't even need to translate it. Anyway.. I know your main focus isn't teaching english... I'm just learning more about my own language and I enjoy when I see someone else trying to master my native language.. it's indeed a beautiful language but everyone in this world needs to speak english right? kkkk Agora que terminei de escrever é que me dei conta que você também fala e escreve português e poderia ter escrito tudo em português kkkk... dentro de alguns meses vou para portugal entrar "pra" um curso de Espanhol e se precisar de algumas expressões ou quiser saber um pouco mais do português de moçambique é só dizer hehe Boa sorte em Portugal :)
Hi I really want to use all three. I tried the first and was really surprised at what I picked up by listening that matched the article. Not a whole lot of words for the first time but encouraging. I would REALLY like a native speaker buddy to talk with once a week. That would be fabulous. And the third strategy, though distorted, I think I can manage because I learn a lot of music this way too. It is another way to stretch my mind around the language. Thanks so much for these tips!
Just found your channel Liz and it's helping me get motivated to learn european portuguese! Really helpful videos, they're super clear and fun to follow. I love your passion keep it up! I'm a beginner but I really want to become fluent so I can talk to my girlfriend in her native language and join the conversations with her family and friends. One problem I seem to face is losing the motivation after a while, I would learn and practice for a few weeks and then drop off. This has happened on and off in the past 2 years, I think its just down to my self-discipline. So I am wondering what ways have you (or people you know) found to keep the motivation and make the effort all year-round?
These were excellent tools for aural comprehension, in this session. I'm taking the CIPLE exam next month, and that's the part that I think is most challenging. Muito obrigada!
If it's not too late, I would love to find a native European Portuguese language partner. I speak English and French so I can help you with those languages.
Wow I didn't know about the news website with audio, just what I wanted! I knew about News In Slow Spanish/French/Italian and the website is so beautiful and appealing and I wished I could find something for European Portuguese, but I think you just helped me with that :D Thanks! I try a different method when writing notes: I try 5w's approach and then compare my answers to the second listening of the recording. For now I use PRACTICE PORTUGUESE shorties for listening, which are divided into levels A1-C1, each shorty is 2 minutes, so it's a good length. A lot of the shorties are also about Portuguese culture, so I learn about the country too not just to understand the spoken language.
Keywords Rule - love your vidz Liz, have been picking up Ptgse from yearly holls on Azores. Plz keep this going and tell us when UR setting up UR next teaching sessions :-)
Hi Liz, love your work, I have a 1to1 for the Pro course tomorrow. I am wondering though is NaturalReaders still something you would suggest given the advance of AI Tools in the last 3 years?
I'm Brazilian, for me European Portuguese I can't understand much, their accent is very strong, African and Asian Portuguese for me I understand better
Hey I´m portuguese so I´m a native portuguese speaker and I love english, especially the british accent,therefore I would like to find, as you said, a language exchange partner , can you help me?
You are one of the best teachers of European Portuguese in UA-cam!! Thanks!!🇵🇹. Greetings from Mexico 🇲🇽
Ahhhh thank you so much! Besitos!
I am Portuguese and I agree
We agree, Emiliano!
Couldn't agree more
Did you know you can slow down youtube videos? I get portuguese videos and set them at 75% speed, if I can get portuguese subtitles as well, that's even better.
Hi ! I am from Brazil. It would be a great pleasure to help portuguese learners.
Eu busco amigos!
Over the last 4 years I have been studying Spanish. I use it every single day and It is basically second nature. About 3 days ago I started learning Portuguese for the first time and I have fallen in love once again with another language. I really love your channel and I will definitely be using the videos from Easy Languages that you have contributed to for Portuguese. Thank you!
P.S Although it is still early in my learning, I am not sure whether to base my Portuguese on the Portuguese spoken in Portugal or in Brazil. Both versions sound beautiful, I want to travel to both countries in the future, etc.
Watching to nacional soap-operas (novelas) also might help. The actors use common language but with a very good pronunciation.
Yes...I would like a native speaker partner.This is the most helpful video i have ever seen.
I would love to learn Portuguese. I speak English and can teach anyone that speaks Portuguese English
Yes I’d love a European Portuguese buddy. I’m happy to help someone with English
Hi! I'm from Brazil. I can help you
Gosto muito de ti, tou a vivir em Portugal faze 6 anos sou de Barcelona. Beijinhos, tudo bom.
Ha! I had exactly the problem in Spanish that I was trying to get every word. Meanwhile my wife remembered enough high school Spanish and was more attentive to body language and what was happening and she'd have to explain things to me. Then I got into Brazilian Portuguese and now it's European Portuguese which makes me feel like I'm starting over. I'm doing Preply for regular conversation but would be happy to talk to someone who needs English practice.
Yes. Glad I’ve found your channel. 😀 Been looking for European PT-not easy to find a place to learn.
Welcome!!
One strategy that I use is to watch UA-cam videos in Portuguese. There are so many that a person can watch a video about a subject that is especially interesting for that person. And I have noticed that there are many Portuguese UA-cam videos by people whose first language is not Portuguese. There are several Americans, a Korean, a Russian and even a Canadian. I find people whose first language is not Portuguese, are the easiest to understand. Maybe they don't use as many colloquialisms or maybe their vocabulary is not as vast but I find listening to these people and understanding them gives me the confidence to try listening to Lisbon-born actress, Alba Baptista. If anyone can understand her Portuguese, they have mastered the language.
You described my problem! All because I'm studying all by myself, but I don't have practice! And it's such a shame! Because I live among native speakers! Those short conversations I have sometimes, I do what you described above - I'm trying to understand everything perfectly and I fail, panic and switch to English (((
Try the extensive listening approach instead and let me know how you get on! You can do it!! x
Another boy too really truly u are good teacher in portugal 🇵🇹 man from Gambia 🇬🇲 too ..
glad somebody's putting some focus on the importance of listening comprehension! everybody's always so concerned with speaking skills, before even perfecting their listening comprehension. it is so much harder and more important than people think! especially when it comes to European Portuguese: it's harder to understand than most languages, to me at least.
I wonder whether that's because listening comprehension is easier with other languages? I've been learning Portuguese for around a year and I can read and express myself relatively well but I still struggle so much with listening. The reason I wonder whether it's a particular Portuguese thing is because even though I've never studied Spanish, I can understand spoken Spanish better than spoken European Portuguese just from the similarity of the vocabulary. The European Portuguese accent is just so hard to hear with it's nasality, stress on consonants, slurring and fluidity. I'd liken it to learning RP or US English and then moving to somewhere like Glasgow or Liverpool. You would definitely struggle.
@@michaelc.1710 Very true. I wonder did the Portuguese deliberately develop their language to be difficult to understand so that the Spanish couldn't understand them.
@@martinrea8548 nah, we just got a lot of invasions from different cultures, our language is latin based with a lot of words from other cultures like muslims, and it evolved over time to what it is now
@@martinrea8548 I read on a Brazilian site somewhere that the two languages (PT and BR Portuguese) started diverging very rapidly in the 1820s. What changed fastest wasn't the language in Brazil, but in Portugal! It sped up, and the existing tendencies towards vowel modification based on surrounding sounds and syllable deletion intensified. These are precisely the things that make spoken Portuguese difficult, at least to me.
There was a lot going on at the time - the aftermath of the Napoleonic wars, which had seen French and British troops in the country, the return of the royal court with its hangers-on from Brazil to Portugal, the rapid growth of Porto and Lisbon, a civil war, the birth of Fado ... the list goes on.
I think that when unwelcome outsiders are around it may well be that native speakers don't mind excluding them by making their speech more difficult. But that's just a guess.
Great tips! I’d never thought to search out news sites. You’ve got a native English (American: California) speaker here who’d love to language partner with a native European Portuguese speaker.
Join hello talk there’s loads people waiting to connect with you
Hi Liz how are you...I have started studying European Portuguese early this month I have been learning alot since its close to Spanish, but the problem is I don't have anyone to speak to one on one. I live in Miami, and there's lots of Brazilians here but what I was told that their Portuguese is different from European, so I am having a hard time to find someone to pracritice with and I want to say I like your videos is straight too the point.
THANKS MY LOVELY DARLING FOR USEFUL LANGUAGE. I LIKE PORTUGAL MUCH. LOVE YOU.
Yes, a Portuguese speaking buddy wishing to speak English would be great. This could be online or in person.
Yes! I really need to find a language learning partner
É muito rare alguém falar de maneira tão bonita e inteligivelmente como tu! Tu deverias ir para a televisão como locator /anunciador?/!
Desculpe se eu não escrevo corretamente,sou um novato em português. Recebou e muito obrigado pela tua resposta!🤗
Hehehe muito obrigada!
Liz, you are amazing! You've spotted the specific problems as far as European Portuguese is concerned. I'm Brazilian and, sometimes, I ask if it can be said in English. And Portuguese is my mother tong!!! Thank you ever so much for your videos.
I like the idea of writing down the words you know while listening to a clip and then doing the translation to see if you are right. This is a great way to learn. Thank you.
I'm glad, have fun!!
The bit at the start is so true. It’s so easy to fall into the trap of trying to translate every word and end up falling behind in the sentence which leads to brain freeze and you end up hearing nothing! I don’t have enough access to listening so always find this hardest when I’m in Portugal. Will try some of these tips.
This fantastic video came out over a year ago, but yes, I would like a European Portuguese language partner. I can do a language exchange in English (mother tongue), Spanish or Japanese.
Liz, belíssimo trabalho em compreensão auditiva e vídeo. Sou apaixonado pelo sotaque do português de Portugal. Sou brasileiro. No UA-cam há algumas novelas e toda novela em qualquer língua usa um vocabulário do dia-a-dia e esse é muito útil para quem quer se acostumar com a sonoridade do Português. Parabéns.
Olá Marco. Poderia recomendar-me uma? Ou deixar o link? Obrigado
@@stefmichielsens3459 O Beijo do Escorpião
Yes! Thank you ❤️ Obrigada 🙏
Ola Liz. Gostava de ouvir-lhe falar mais em português, fala demais inglés, como outros youtubers. Acho que o tuo canal é magnifico! Parabéns
Please check out this playlist where i speak Portuguese: ua-cam.com/play/PLYdF5RFnicrd7s5pLN4etXahjXx_ZyH2F.html
This is really helpful! Thanks. This is definitely the most challenging part of learning Portuguese for me - understanding what other people are saying! If it’s written down I can understand it so much more easily. If only people had subtitles when they were speaking!🤣I really like the tip about using euro news. Tried it just now and very useful - especially because it has the transcript too. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Glad it was helpful!
Vou usar essas idéias pra aprender inglês haha
I have been using the speed control playback feature on UA-cam. Super helpful when listening to native European Portuguese speakers!
Great tip about news. I have been wanting something that will just play for me but be in European Portuguese not Brazilian.
Oi Liz, como está. Eu também moro em Portugal. Praticamente sou de India. Tenho muito problams em grammatica. Pode faz video no grammatica. Eu vejo a sua muito videos Frequentemente. Senora é boa professora. Aqui no youtube tem não video sobre European português. Eu vou agradcer.
Sorry if there is any mistake. Because i am using Portuguese first time. I listened and read too much since last two months.
You are really a good teacher.
Yes please post on finding a language exchange partner
Just started watching your channel today. After learning BPR for a year I decided to learn European Portuguese. I'm definitely going to use these tips. Thanks so much, this is so motivating. So far I have a language partner but wow, the R is so strong. Sometimes I think he's russian. Haha
Yes! Finding a learning language partner would be so helpful! : )
Yes, please. Stella
Yes!! I would love to find a language partner and any tips in a video!!🤓🌱✨🌻
Hi! I'm brazilian! I can help you
@@Claudiacize you can help me?
Bom dia, waiting for your new vídeo. Long time no video.
This Tuesday, I promise!
Thank you! The Euronews hack where you have the audio and the transcript is precisely what I’m looking for!
So glad it helped!
Euronews! Obrigado!!!
I want to learn European Portuguese.
Yes
Yes, I would like to get more input on that topic how to find a language partner😊 🇩🇪🇵🇹
Can't wait for your Beginners course to start up!
Sim! Obrigada 😊
Yes!
U r very good humble
Yes please I want to learn portugues I speak English only
If you listen to the videos In the mood for Coimbra 1 and 2 on UA-cam observe the English of the speaker Anton. It absolutely perfect the point about this guy is he is NOT English he is Philippino he told me. I speak Tagalog and he has none of the Philippino mistakes that I know they make. I used to write English statements forms and stuff and leave some of these in as tiny smudges to make the script look more authentic but still good. Anyway if he can do English this good the I/we should be able to do portuguese as good. I personally try to get everything done as perfectly as I can so I don't have to come back and fix it.
I call it immersive listening. I listened to Spanish radio for years until I could finally discern the words instead of just a long string of syllables.
YES Please re finding language learning partners
lmao I'm a native portuguese speaker from mozambique and I don't know how exactly I got into your channel but I've watched over 6 videos in less than 12 hours kkkk.. I'm making a comment in this specific video because the first sentence caught me by surprise.. That's kinda what happens to me with english.. I can understand youtube videos perfectly, but it gets tricky in movies and on the real world.... Your videos are quite easy to understand and I don't even need to translate it.
Anyway.. I know your main focus isn't teaching english... I'm just learning more about my own language and I enjoy when I see someone else trying to master my native language.. it's indeed a beautiful language but everyone in this world needs to speak english right? kkkk
Agora que terminei de escrever é que me dei conta que você também fala e escreve português e poderia ter escrito tudo em português kkkk... dentro de alguns meses vou para portugal entrar "pra" um curso de Espanhol e se precisar de algumas expressões ou quiser saber um pouco mais do português de moçambique é só dizer hehe
Boa sorte em Portugal :)
yes I need a native Portuguese speaker learning partner
Hi I really want to use all three. I tried the first and was really surprised at what I picked up by listening that matched the article. Not a whole lot of words for the first time but encouraging. I would REALLY like a native speaker buddy to talk with once a week. That would be fabulous. And the third strategy, though distorted, I think I can manage because I learn a lot of music this way too. It is another way to stretch my mind around the language. Thanks so much for these tips!
Have you stopped making UA-cam videos? I hope not! I really enjoyed your teaching style.
Nope! Back on Tuesday x
Just found your channel Liz and it's helping me get motivated to learn european portuguese! Really helpful videos, they're super clear and fun to follow. I love your passion keep it up!
I'm a beginner but I really want to become fluent so I can talk to my girlfriend in her native language and join the conversations with her family and friends.
One problem I seem to face is losing the motivation after a while, I would learn and practice for a few weeks and then drop off. This has happened on and off in the past 2 years, I think its just down to my self-discipline.
So I am wondering what ways have you (or people you know) found to keep the motivation and make the effort all year-round?
These were excellent tools for aural comprehension, in this session. I'm taking the CIPLE exam next month, and that's the part that I think is most challenging. Muito obrigada!
Do you know of an app that reads a book or a that continuous speaks the language so I could listen to it while falling asleep? Love you teachings
Yes please
SIM:)
YES!
Yesss, we want more
Roger that!
Good exercises.
Yes 😊
Thanks, Liz, I've been watching a lot of your videos, and they are super fun and useful!
So glad!!
So helpful, thank you so much for making videos
You're so welcome!
Yes!
Yes!
Muito obrigado, Liz!
Yes, I'd love tips on finding a language partner.
Hi ! I'm from Brazil! I can help you
Hi Your lessons are very interesting and useful, esp. the situational dialogue. Thanks!
If it's not too late, I would love to find a native European Portuguese language partner. I speak English and French so I can help you with those languages.
Yes! Thank you!
I use hello talk and have many language buddies I speak to daily through text and have regular calls
Lovely session, as usual!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Sim........obrigada
Wow I didn't know about the news website with audio, just what I wanted! I knew about News In Slow Spanish/French/Italian and the website is so beautiful and appealing and I wished I could find something for European Portuguese, but I think you just helped me with that :D Thanks! I try a different method when writing notes: I try 5w's approach and then compare my answers to the second listening of the recording. For now I use PRACTICE PORTUGUESE shorties for listening, which are divided into levels A1-C1, each shorty is 2 minutes, so it's a good length. A lot of the shorties are also about Portuguese culture, so I learn about the country too not just to understand the spoken language.
Fantastic, go you!!
Yes! Sim!
Thank you, all your videos have helped me enormously
Happy to hear that!
YES, quero!
Yes
It’s so encouraging to listen to your videos! I would love to find a Portuguese person to practice with - “buddy up”.
Amazing! Thank u so much, you are a great teacher ❤️
thank you!!
Yes. Tou a procurar um partner de pt, en ou fr. Falo espanhol nativo. Obrigado.
YES
Yes and thanks again for the tips and links. If only could use that slowing down in real life ;)
Great tips
Let me know if you try them out!
This is very useful to me.
Keywords Rule - love your vidz Liz, have been picking up Ptgse from yearly holls on Azores. Plz keep this going and tell us when UR setting up UR next teaching sessions :-)
Yes, i would like to have a portugese partener language
Does anyone have any recommendations for European Portuguese podcasts? 🙏
Sim.
Thks mam
Yes to language exchange partner
The same happens to me every time I'm in Yorkshire
Use music as of now but goin try euro news thank you
Yes!!!!!!
Hi Liz, love your work, I have a 1to1 for the Pro course tomorrow. I am wondering though is NaturalReaders still something you would suggest given the advance of AI Tools in the last 3 years?
I'm Brazilian, for me European Portuguese I can't understand much, their accent is very strong, African and Asian Portuguese for me I understand better
Hey I´m portuguese so I´m a native portuguese speaker and I love english, especially the british accent,therefore I would like to find, as you said, a language exchange partner , can you help me?
yes brazil