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In @jungleboy I (and you should) trust. Just relax: You'll be fine with your English. -
It is my experience, having started both from Lisboa and Porto, that English is well understood and spoken in Portugal. I also, like you, speak some Spanish, enough to go easily by in Spain, but I didn't need my Spanish in Portugal at all.
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kenwilltravel replied to the thread Language for camino portuguese?.This is correct. People here watch movies with Portuguese subtitles and are exposed relentlessly to the sound of English. Walk through a mall here and notice all the signs and piped-in music in English. You pass young people in the streets and...
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I tried to learn basic Portuguese before our Portuguese Camino several years ago. (I agree, even though there is lots of similar vocabulary, Portuguese pronunciation is so different and I found it much more difficult than Spanish, but...
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kenwilltravel replied to the thread Language for camino portuguese?.This is all anecdotal, but I've heard from other ex-pats here that Portuguese people often get downright offended if you try your Spanish on them (the two countries have a complicated history). You're better off using a few words and phrases in...
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Just learn the basics like bom dia, bom caminho, obrigado/a, boa trade, de nada. Hello is Ola. I read that hello was “oi” and went around saying “oi” and people looked at me wierd. I guess it’s informal and you don’t say to people you don’t know. -
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Portugese people don't like tourists speaking español, better english or french. A lot of them worked in France or Luxembourg and are very proud talking French (English).
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kenwilltravel reacted to Tincatinker's post in the thread Language for camino portuguese? with Like.
Speak English! Unless you are inclined to seriously piss-off the Portuguese that you are addressing Spend a little time studying Portuguese: looks like Spanish, sounds like Russian - and you'll get bonus points for "bom Dia", "Obrigado" and...
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kenwilltravel reacted to dougfitz's post in the thread Starting in A Guarda but how to get there? with Like.
I did a quick check on the CP app, and all the services that go from Sao Bento to Caminha go through Campanha. It wouldn't make sense to me to go to Campanha on the metro, then return to Sao Bento and catch a train to Caminha there. What might...
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kenwilltravel replied to the thread Starting in A Guarda but how to get there?.I would agree with Doug that Porto to A Guarda is your best bet. I don't have any experience with the Campanha station in Porto but have taken the train from São Bento station (that's the one with the gorgeous blue tilework) to Caminha and...
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