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Last year I walked the Camino Frances, and in mid-September I plan to start walking the Portuguese from Tomar and walk to Muxia. I hope to mail some things to Ivar in Santiago from Lisbon. I will arrive in Lisbon on the weekend, and understand there is a post office in the airport. Does anyone know if the post office will have mailing boxes? Or whether I'll need to bring materials to prepare the stuff for mailing myself? Next question is about the Portuguese language. My Spanish is pretty good, but I am needing to review it. I'm also trying to learn Portuguese, and finding that it's pretty confusing to do two languages at once! Probably end up in sacrificing some of my Spanish. So I'm wondering if pretty good Spanish will get me through Portugal, and I just should work on that. Does anyone have input on this? Thanks so much, and I'm really looking forward to my camino.
Just rely on the universal language-lingua Euro and things will work out fine.Last year I walked the Camino Frances, and in mid-September I plan to start walking the Portuguese from Tomar and walk to Muxia. I hope to mail some things to Ivar in Santiago from Lisbon. I will arrive in Lisbon on the weekend, and understand there is a post office in the airport. Does anyone know if the post office will have mailing boxes? Or whether I'll need to bring materials to prepare the stuff for mailing myself? Next question is about the Portuguese language. My Spanish is pretty good, but I am needing to review it. I'm also trying to learn Portuguese, and finding that it's pretty confusing to do two languages at once! Probably end up in sacrificing some of my Spanish. So I'm wondering if pretty good Spanish will get me through Portugal, and I just should work on that. Does anyone have input on this? Thanks so much, and I'm really looking forward to my camino.
So I'm wondering if pretty good Spanish will get me through Portugal
This is true. On the other hand, Portugal has historically had more links with the British and their language than Spain. I've found that, though there may be linguistic similarities between Portuguese and Spanish (which I speak) the young Portuguese (obviously) prefer their own language or English rather than Spanish. And they generally are quite good at it too![...] many young people in Portugal speak English, rather than Spanish. This is because in Portugal the English-speaking movies on TV have Portuguese sub-titles, so viewers read Portuguese, but hear English. [...]
Hi Frida. I don't know about mailing efficiency between Lisbon airport and Santiago, and perhaps an other member will clarify this.
As far as foreign languages go, English is generally better understood (and spoken) than Spanish. And as far as quickly learning portuguese is concerned, even if you take a crash course you'll have a problem understanding the Portuguese who swallow most parts of any word in a sentence.
That's a great website. A good aid next to my regular study Brasilean Portuguese and avoiding a mix up between my Castilean and Portuguese skills as I do now regulairyI agree with all of the above: English will serve you well in Portugal. Spanish will get you well down the road to reading Portuguese, and even maybe to understanding Brazilian Portuguese, but the language as it is spoken in Portugal continues to defy my ears after several years of traveling there on business.
That said - if you are determined to learn Portuguese by way of Spanish, this excellent podcast from the University of Texas at Austin is an invaluable resource. It features native speakers of English, Spanish, and (Brazilian) Portuguese who compare the languages point by point. Be sure to listen to the podcasts in order.
http://www.coerll.utexas.edu/brazilpod/tafalado/
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