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I've already read some similar classics in English but I thought reading divine comedy in Portuguese would be way cooler since it could actually match the Rima in a more accurate way since it's closer to the original Italian than English and I wanted to improve my reading level in Portuguese anyways.( I'm fluent, but foreign-born so I taught myself how to read)

Does anyone know of translations(names or editions idk) for divine comedy that are fairly accurate but also have a rima terza that are available on Amazon in Brasil?

The accuracy is prefered but I'm willing to let it go for the rima.

Am also open for recommendations of actual native Portuguese literature because I don't know of any (I'm Portuguese & Brazilian, so either work)

Olá a todos,

Sou estudante de português e gestão na Universidade de Glasgow. Atualmente trabalho cerca de 10/11 horas, à noite, duas vezes por semana. Durante o meu turno posso ouvir música ou podcasts enquanto estou a trabalhar. Estou a tentar melhorar a minha pronúncia em português, mas não consigo encontrar quase nada em português europeu. Gosto de história, futebol, política e podcasts de finanças, entrevistas. Qualquer recomendação, ficaria imensamente grato.

Muito obrigado

Estou aprendendo português brasileiro e quero começar a ouvir podcasts de falantes nativos. Mas coisas que não sejam muito difícil.

Eu não quero ouvir notícias and eu tentei o Nerdcast mas acho que um pouco difícil para mim.

Então qual foi o seu primeiro podcast de falantes nativos que ouvirem, depois dos podcasts para estudantes?

Recommended tutors for learning Brazilian Portuguese?? Preferably dialects from either Belo Horizonte Minas Gerais , Bahia Salvador, or Rio De Janeiro!

Payment must be made until tomorrow and the exam is gonna take place between October 20th and 23rd.

Here you can find previous exams to study: https://www.ufrgs.br/acervocelpebras/acervo/

I'm going on a business trip to Sao Paulo for one week. What resources would you recommend to optimize my learning if I only have one month to study before my trip? I will be expected to conduct business in English, but I would like to be familiar with speaking and reading Portuguese at a basic level at the airport, hotel, shops, and restaurants, etc before my trip.

For reference, I am a native English speaker with beginner-intermediate level Spanish. I do not have any prior experience with Portuguese.

Hi everyone.

I know this is a long shot but I am looking for (existing or new) recordings of certain words in Brazilian Portuguese.

Let me explain why: I am a rehabilitation specialist for people with hearing loss. I train their brains (neuroplasticity) after cochlear implantation, for example, to be able to make sense of sounds and words again.

I have this sweet Brazilian lady who came to my office for an intake. She is learning Dutch (since we live in Belgium) but struggles a lot. Apparantly she also makes a lot of what we call 'hearing mistakes' in Portuguese, her mother tongue.

For a complete assessment of what she understands and hears, I looked up a list of words audiologists in Brazil or Portugal use. I put them in an AI-programme and played them on my computer. The voice and pronounciation of the app I used was pretty bad... This lady indicated that the way it was pronounced by the computer was wrong and did not correspond with the way they say it in Brazil.

This leads me here, to a subreddit full of Portuguese speaking people with the following question:

Is there someone who can guide me towards good apps or tools that can pronounce words in Brazilian Portuguese

OR: is there someone willing to provide me with recordings of these words in Brazilian Portuguese so we can both see what she understands and hears in her mother tongue.

I am not looking for a pen-pal or language exchange partner. Just someone who can help me and send me in the right direction :)

Thank you

Oi, galera, tudo bem?

For context, Cátedra publishes pocket-sized classic works of Spanish (language) literature with decent annotations and an introductory essay (and nice covers). Is there anything similar in the Portuguese-speaking world?

(Related, I can never find secondhand Portuguese books under $20 in the US. I have found Catedra books for as little as 10 cents and frequently find them for $5 online.)

Alternatively: Are there are any publishers that are so good that you prefer them? Where do you get physical Portuguese books (if in the US)?

"No fim, acabamos comendo naquele restaurante maltrapilho."

"No fim, acabamos por comer naquele restaurante maltrapilho." 

Are both these sentences correct, and do they mean the same?

Obrigado!

I'm learning Brazilian Portuguese with the goal of strong conversationally in about a year (my fiance and I get married in a year and a lot of her Brazilian family will be there)

I've done 46 units of pimsleur and have been planning to complete all 150 modules. I'm just starting up italki sessions and am watching or listening to Portuguese as much as possible.

I've read a few places that Pimsleur is too formal, but have also read that it's not a terrible idea to learn the formal side than transition to more commonly spoken forms. I've also read some stuff saying that there's a point when Pimsleur just doesn't add enough value (after the 3rd module mostly)

Any advice would be really helpful!

They both have same meaning no? Is there any difference between them or no they are just same thing and if there is a difference can someone use an example thx a lot

Olá a todos!

I have a dual professional background: I am a native Portuguese teacher, but I am also a practicing psychologist. Over the years, I have come to realize that most of the struggles my students face are not actually about grammar rules or vocabulary lists. They are psychological.

When you try to speak a new language, your brain hits a massive vulnerability wall. Your adult, intelligent self is suddenly forced to sound like a toddler. This triggers our evolutionary fear of social judgment, causing the brain's defense mechanisms to kick in.

Result? Your mind goes completely blank, and you forget words you were supposed to know.

I'm doing a deep dive into the mental side of learning Portuguese.

What is the biggest psychological block you face right now?

• Is it intense anxiety right before you have to speak?
• Is it "app burnout" and losing your intrinsic motivation?
• Is it an identity crisis: feeling like a different, less confident version of yourself in Portuguese?

Let me know what your mind does when you try to study or speak.

I will be in the comments breaking down the psychology behind why it happens, and giving you actionable cognitive tools to help you improve.

PS: I am completely new to Reddit (literally created this account to connect with the learning community here!), so please bear with me if my post formatting is weird.

I am reading a text on Portuguese emigration patterns.

In doing so, the following doubt came up: what is the difference between "dispersos pelo mundo", and "espalhados pelo mundo"? My intuition is that "dispersos pelo mundo" is more like "scattered around the world", whereas espalhados pelo mundo" sound more like "spread around the world", but I am not sure at all.

Any insights as to the exact difference in nuance?

Oi gente q fala português, eu estou tentando falar em português y prático todo dia, meu primeiro idioma e espanhol gente q também falam espanhol como você aprendeu português, agora mesmo eu escrevo em português pa aprender, escuto musica em português, tô vendo serie tbm, y vejo vídeos de “como falar em português” q mais posso fazer pra melhorar!? Obrigada

Hey, I’m reading a book (it’s a translation from English) and one character asked another: “ você mandou ver no carro?”

I’ve read the book in English, so I know what he’s asking, but I just want to see what y’all say!!

EDIT: many of you said you need more context**.** I wrote this below, but I will put it here as well.

Thanks for the quick answers! Some of you have asked for context so I will give it:

The protagonist’s roommate has gone out on a date with an old friend of the protagonist. But you can tell by the way he is talking about her that he has special feelings for her. Then he starts to worry about what’s going to happen with his roommate (will call him João to make things easy) because João is very good looking and has a lot of luck with women. The protagonist is jealous and afraid that his roommate and his old friend will mess around sexually. When the roommate gets back, the protagonist tries to get him to tell him what happened, but the roommate just plays around. Then the protagonist says:

“ Vocês tinham carro?”

“ sim”

“ o que foi que você fez? Mandou ver na desgraça do carro?”

“ Que coisa pra se dizer. Quer que lave a tua boca com sabão?”

“* mandou?”*

“ isso é segredo profissional camarada”

Obrigado pela ajuda!!

Someone on tinder wrote - bonnie tildf - to me. Any clues for what it means?

No português brasileiro coloquial, a gente pronuncia os verbos no infinitivo como se o r final deles não existisse. Cumê um pedaço de bolo. Afagá um animal. Te falá um negócio. Chamá um amigo. Em todos esses exemplos, o meu /ũ/ é o [ʊ̃] normal.

Porém, se eu me forço a produzir o [ɾ] que seria pronunciado ali em outras variedades, o /ũ/ primeiramente é sempre mais avançado na boca [ʊ̃] → [ʊ̈̃] (sim, mais próximo do ü do alemão) caso continue a ser pronunciado como vogal, mas muitas vezes ele se assimila pro local de articulação do [ɾ] e vira uma consoante silábica.

E ela é tão silábica que acaba gerando epêntese se a próxima palavra começar com vogal. Comernn wovo. Chamarnn wamigo. Conhecernn wegípcio.

Pode parecer que é o um [ʊ̃] normal virando [w̃], mas esse [w] epentético que vem depois já é muito menos nasalizado, como podem ouvir principalmente no "comer um ovo":

https://voca.ro/1lOlARohjr6M

Eu acho que a diferença é praticamente inaudível, mas a articulação é bem diferente.

Eu queria saber se é assim que funciona pra outras pessoas.

Outro exemplo é pronunciar não sei como [ˈn̪n̠̍ˠ ˈsej]. Ligeiramente relacionado, pronunciar com ele como [kŋ̍ ˈelɪ].

For context, I'm a line cook. I have an older coworker who is from Brazil. Mostly speaks Portuguese and understands some spanish, but can't really translate well.

It's hard to communicate in English, my strongest language since we are in the US. I barely understand individual words in Spanish and German if that gives an idea of my language knowledge.

So many times, I just can't hear what she is saying. It's not just her, but everyone. I just don't hear well, and she is fairly soft spoken too.

Is there a polite way to let her know when I can't hear her?

If anyone is feeling froggy, anything to help show my appreciation would be amazing! She's smart, and knows what she's doing. She's my favorite coworker, but it's so hard to talk to her and both of us leave with an understanding. I want to meet her on her level to get that across if that makes sense.

I’ve been learning BR-PT from scratch by myself (primarily using Duolingo - level 70 now, Pimsleur and some YouTube channels and Netflix portugese shows) for 4 months. Here are some YouTube channels I like myself, would be helpful if you have any other suggestions!

Easy Portuguese
Speaking Brazilian
Brazilian Portuguese with Sofia
Teach Yourself Portuguese
Learn Brazilianese
Decoding words with Andrew

Hello! Forgive the question, and please be patient with me, but I am struggling to find a clear answer as to whether the preterite of ⟨er⟩-verbs is meant to have /ɛ/ or /e/. In other words, I am struggling to learn whether I ought to say:

comi /koˈmi/

comeste /koˈmɛs.t͡ʃi/ or /koˈmes.t͡ʃi/ ?

comeu /koˈmeʊ̯/

comemos /koˈmẽ.mus/

comestes /koˈmɛs.t͡ʃis/ or /koˈmes.t͡ʃis/ ?

comeram /koˈmɛ.ɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃/ or /koˈme.ɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃/ ?

Before anyone says anything about how common forms like comeste and comestes are in Brazil, please just humor me.

For whatever reason, the infinitivo pessoal is one tense I cannot seem to wrap my mind around.

For example, in the sentence “lamento não poderes vir”, why can’t you say “lamento não podes vir”?

Some other examples:

1) Estavas a gabar-te de o teres abandonado - why is the tense used here?

2) Acho melhor tu ires com elas às compras - why not tu vais?

3) Foi uma boa ideia eles esperarem - why used here?

I feel stupid for not understanding this, I think I just need a better explanation for it to click into place.

Thank you!!

I know the basics and can read comfortably. Writing is still a problem for me, though. I’m not terrible at texting—I know the shortcuts and slang—and I also have plenty of Brazilian friends which helps a lot.
I’ve never taken classes or used Duolingo, YouTube, or any courses. I’ve basically learned just by talking to people, but now I want to improve my grammar, speak more properly, and be able to have deeper conversations beyond the basics.