Romance Languages

Can Brazilian and European Portuguese Speakers Understand Each Other?

By Ligia Fleckenstein / Brazilian Portuguese, Romance Languages

It’s true that there are some differences between the way Brazilian people speak Portuguese and the people in Portugal do. However, those differences are comparable to the way people speak English in the USA and England. And in spite of those differences, they are able to communicate and get along.

Is Portuguese Very Difficult to Learn?

By Ligia Fleckenstein / Brazilian Portuguese, Romance Languages

I would say that any foreign language has a level of difficulty which will be different to each person who’s attempting to learn it. It depends on your own experience, your native language, your reason for leaning that language, and how it’s presented to you.