Portuguese is probably the language that kept itself more close to it's roots, Galician (western Iberic language) and Latin.
If you guys read a few texts of latin and compare the sounds, pronunciation, and spelling, will realize that.
One of the reasons that contributed for that was the isolation. Portugal is placed in the most western continental place of europe, in a peninsula. When we went out of the country, we were basically forced to go by sea.
@badhabitz69 i will be back in portugal in october i hope and if i get a chacne i will try to stop by and get a video for you. but i cant promise. there are some videos on here from all over portugal so just keep watching and you may see some towns you remember and love!
Ola- Thanks for the vid! Obrigado! It seems Portuguese is a mixture of Spanish and French. I am glad to be learning it though at a slow rate. Bom dia! Haha I should have said that first. By the way, estou Delia. Did I say that correctly? Adeus
@neworder36 you are doing a great job! keep up the good work! i felt when i started learning portuguese that it was 80% spanish and 20% french... i know its different than that now, but i remember thinking the same thing as you starting out. Boa sorte! (good luck)
@neworder36 WTH? I´m sorry but u can not say Portuguese is a mixture of this or that. Well, maybe you should know that Portuguese, Spanish and French are all related, since they all come from Latin. Portuguese is an unique language, with its own verbs tenses and complicated grammar forms. It is a bit older than Spanish. So, saying that Portuguese is a mix of French and Spanish sounds a bit offensive to us portuguese.
Wow- settle down with the intensity. No one is trying to offend the language. Maybe you should 'reread' what I said and try to understand before getting yourself all worked up for nothing. YES- there are SIMILARITIES between French and Spanish. Bla bla bla, moving on.
@neworder36 you surely offend the portuguese if you say Portuguese is a mix of Spanish and French. Portuguese is not a mix of anything just like the Spanish and the French and the Italian. There are similarities of course but Portuguese IS NOT a mix of those languages, what if I said that Spanish was 70% Portuguese and 30% French, how stupid it would sound...
I just stumbled upon this video, and I have to say it's incredibly interesting - I mean, I'm Portuguese, so hearing all this stuff from a foreigner's point of view is... entertaining. xD
glad i can entertain :) there are lots there, so have a laugh with them. they arent perfect but hey, just trying to get more people to speak portuguese :) thanks for the comment!
Basically this isolation kept it more close to it's roots rather than france, spain, romania, italy.
So Portuguese is not a mixture of french and spanish, it is the result and evolution of Galician and Latin.
BoneMachine28 4 months ago
Portuguese is probably the language that kept itself more close to it's roots, Galician (western Iberic language) and Latin.
If you guys read a few texts of latin and compare the sounds, pronunciation, and spelling, will realize that.
One of the reasons that contributed for that was the isolation. Portugal is placed in the most western continental place of europe, in a peninsula. When we went out of the country, we were basically forced to go by sea.
BoneMachine28 4 months ago
Very cool and many thanks for these videos. Could you do some from Cascais?? Many great memories from there :)
Cheers and keep up the great work!
badhabitz69 6 months ago
@badhabitz69 i will be back in portugal in october i hope and if i get a chacne i will try to stop by and get a video for you. but i cant promise. there are some videos on here from all over portugal so just keep watching and you may see some towns you remember and love!
woltersworld 6 months ago
Ola- Thanks for the vid! Obrigado! It seems Portuguese is a mixture of Spanish and French. I am glad to be learning it though at a slow rate. Bom dia! Haha I should have said that first. By the way, estou Delia. Did I say that correctly? Adeus
neworder36 1 year ago
@neworder36 you are doing a great job! keep up the good work! i felt when i started learning portuguese that it was 80% spanish and 20% french... i know its different than that now, but i remember thinking the same thing as you starting out. Boa sorte! (good luck)
woltersworld 1 year ago
@neworder36 WTH? I´m sorry but u can not say Portuguese is a mixture of this or that. Well, maybe you should know that Portuguese, Spanish and French are all related, since they all come from Latin. Portuguese is an unique language, with its own verbs tenses and complicated grammar forms. It is a bit older than Spanish. So, saying that Portuguese is a mix of French and Spanish sounds a bit offensive to us portuguese.
TheJumpyPopcorn 1 year ago
@TheJumpyPopcorn
Wow- settle down with the intensity. No one is trying to offend the language. Maybe you should 'reread' what I said and try to understand before getting yourself all worked up for nothing. YES- there are SIMILARITIES between French and Spanish. Bla bla bla, moving on.
neworder36 1 year ago
@neworder36 you surely offend the portuguese if you say Portuguese is a mix of Spanish and French. Portuguese is not a mix of anything just like the Spanish and the French and the Italian. There are similarities of course but Portuguese IS NOT a mix of those languages, what if I said that Spanish was 70% Portuguese and 30% French, how stupid it would sound...
TheJumpyPopcorn 1 year ago 2
@TheJumpyPopcorn I think you are making yourself sound quite stupid on your own.
neworder36 11 months ago
@neworder36 no I´m not, I´m just telling the truth. End of.
TheJumpyPopcorn 11 months ago
I just stumbled upon this video, and I have to say it's incredibly interesting - I mean, I'm Portuguese, so hearing all this stuff from a foreigner's point of view is... entertaining. xD
Silent0Harpy 2 years ago
glad i can entertain :) there are lots there, so have a laugh with them. they arent perfect but hey, just trying to get more people to speak portuguese :) thanks for the comment!
woltersworld 2 years ago
thanks for the compliments! kisses to the jocelynwolters and high 5 to the elearning123 :)
woltersworld 2 years ago
awesome!
jocelynwolters 2 years ago
Obrigado for this video!
Elearning123 2 years ago
hey... there is a mistake, its avenida da Liberdade, not republica... walking up that dang hill made my brain not work :)
woltersworld 2 years ago