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French is still taught in schools, but mostly as third language (only 3 years).About 20 years ago my sister visited Portugal as a tourist and at that time she has no trouble finding Portuguese people who spoke French since it was taught in most schools. I wonder if it is still true or has English taking over.
I'm 25 and I learned english with... American TV shows!Hi, JP,
OMG, has English taken over! In Portugal, there was no money to dub the "foreign tv",or the foreign films,which were mostly American sitcoms, Hollywood movies, etc., so this generation of Portuguese has grown up hearing American English all around them.
The difference between Spain and Portugal in terms of English language ability is astonishing. Portuguese people do not expect anyone to speak Portuguese and are happy to use their English (this is a generalization of course, your mileage may vary).
Hi, JP,
OMG, has English taken over! In Portugal, there was no money to dub the "foreign tv",or the foreign films,which were mostly American sitcoms, Hollywood movies, etc., so this generation of Portuguese has grown up hearing American English all around them.
The difference between Spain and Portugal in terms of English language ability is astonishing. Portuguese people do not expect anyone to speak Portuguese and are happy to use their English (this is a generalization of course, your mileage may vary).
For your information. In the twelfth century Spanish and Portuguese were one language. Untill now lots of grammatics are similar. Only the pronounciation is different.OK got it, if people are my age of 60, good chance they speak French, 40 or younger they will speak English. Bought a Portuguese phrase book and also went online to get a pronounciation tool (Duolingo) and promptly gave up. Spanish sounds a bit like French so I got the basics fairly quick and a few trips to Cuba & Mexico helped. But Portuguse is very strange to my ear and I can't get into it unfortunately. Leaving in three weeks and this Camino unlike my preparation for the Camino Frances is a bit of a last minute thing. Thanks for the help!
Spoke to my sister again and friends of hers visited Portugal last year. They got around by speaking French only, so between English and French and our Tourist Spanish I guess we will be OK. Just no time to learn Portuguese pronounciation before we leave.
Most Portuguese people don't speak French, or Spanish for that matter. Quite a few of the younger people speak English. US TV shows are in English with Portuguese subtitles. I wonder if that has anything to do with it?About 20 years ago my sister visited Portugal as a tourist and at that time she has no trouble finding Portuguese people who spoke French since it was taught in most schools. I wonder if it is still true or has English taking over.
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