Is it okay to study both Spanish and Portuguese, i wonder
Beyond any doubt, it is easy to learn Portugues, if you know Spanish, but if you are an intermediate, or even a pre-intermediate level student, will it be okay to add a new language onto smth where you do not have a proper basis? I've been struggling with Portuguese for about 1,5 months and all i can say is - Oi, nao falo Portugues, quero agua e comida, por favor, chau. <= pure Spanish that was, eh? I'm not even sure if i spelt it correctly. Yes, I know that he who wants will do his progress, but to tell the truth I took to it just because I FANCY IT. I wonder, where this path will lead me...
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Is it okay to study both Spanish and Portuguese? I wonder.
Without a doubt, it is easy to learn Portuguese if you know Spanish, but if you are an intermediate or even a pre-intermediate level student in Spanish, is it okay to learn another new language when you do not already have a good foundation? I've been struggling with Portuguese for about 1.5 months, and all I can say is, "Oi, nao falo Portugues, quero agua e comida, por favor, chau" (<= that was pure Spanish, eh?). I'm not even sure if I spelled things correctly. Yes, I know that he who wants to will make progress,[alternative: where there's a will, there's a way.] but to tell the truth, I took to it just because I FANCY IT. I wonder, where this path will lead me...
[Good English. I just gave you some ways to make it sound more like you're a native speaker. Good luck with your Portuguese!]
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Hi Bella!
As a native speaker of Portuguese and with many friends who first learned Spanish and later migrate to Portuguese, I feel confident to tell you that it is not so easy. I mean, both languages are extremely similar and this is the problem.
If you are quite confident with your Spanish, so to learn Portuguese will not be a problem. However if you are still learning grammar rules and conjugations in Spanish the best strategy, as Alan told above, is to focus on one language.
:)
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I think it is better to choose and focus in one of these languages because they are very similar and when you think you are able to speak it will be very easy to learn the other one.
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