I don't know if I can explain it really but Brazilian portuguese is significantlly different from european portuguese. I think Brazilian portuguese has a much stronger relationship to spanish. My friend who is from Brazil, often has a difficult time translated the european portuguese for me. Jacki
_____ From: azores@googlegroups.com [mailto:azo...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Tony Rodrigues Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 9.52 AM To: azores@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Learn basic Portuguese Can someone please explain the difference between Portuguese, (as spoken in the Azores) & Brazilian Portuguese. Thanks --- On Wed, 12/30/09, Mary Ann Santos <m...@nyu.edu> wrote: From: Mary Ann Santos <m...@nyu.edu> Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Learn basic Portuguese To: azores@googlegroups.com Date: Wednesday, December 30, 2009, 2:44 PM The only drawback is that it's Brazilian Portuguese... ----- Original Message ----- From: rfrancispimen...@comcast.net <http://us.mc457.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=rfrancispimen...@comcast.net> Date: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 2:23 am Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Learn basic Portuguese To: Azores@googlegroups.com <http://us.mc457.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=azo...@googlegroups.com> > Hi All, > > > > If you ever thought of learning basic Portuguese Dick Eastman's news > letter has a article about a free course on line. It is published by the > state department and has been used for a number of years. I looked at > the Italian program and it is the same one I took when I was in Italy > in > 1977. Even today I can still remember a lot of it. There is one for > Portuguese which includes audio tapes. You can read the article at the > link below. > > > > http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2009/12/free-foreign-lang > uage-courses.html > > > > Richard Francis Pimentel > > Epping, New Hampshire, USA > > Researching Bretanha, Ribeirinha, Ribeira Grande, Achade Grande, and > Ponta Delgada, Sao Miguel, Acores > for, Pimentel (Costa), Carvalho, Teixeira, Rocha > > > > -- > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com <http://us.mc457.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=unsubscr...@googlegroups.com> . Follow the confirmation > directions when they arrive. > For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No > Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this > group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue > area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to > "Edit my membership." -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com <http://us.mc457.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=unsubscr...@googlegroups.com> . Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership."
