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Double-scoop of Brazilian Portuguese

Double-scoop of Brazilian Portuguese

posted on October 10, 2014

Having adjusted once more to a culture that is not Brazilian, I find myself gifted again with hearing small groups of others speak Brazilian Portuguese from time to time. I use the verb “to gift” because when I unexpectedly come across someone from my second home (Brazil), it´s a special occurrence. It often reminds me of what it was like back when I was living in the US, falling in love with Brazilian Portuguese, and I’d bump into, or hone in on, someone speaking the beautiful language. It was an experience to be had, albeit a short and random one…like having Amazonian fruit-flavored ice-cream after a long absence.

Now that I’m in Portugal, I can’t decide if the delight of hearing the Brazilian variety of Portuguese is more or less pronounced than when I would hear it in the US. Nonetheless, it´s like a double-scoop on a sticky summer day, and always welcome.

Last week, a Bahian friend of my Carioca girlfriend came to visit and while they were catching up I was working and therefore not paying full attention to what was being said. Still, I found comfort in the accents playing in the background, like the way Brazilians will leave the TV or radio on in the other room, even though no one is watching or listening to it. Living outside Brazil, there´s often a sort of radio silence in terms of the melodious sounds coming from a group of Brazilian Portuguese speakers, and it makes my ears all the more attentive when a good “song” comes on.

Living in Brazil, I had come to expect the language filling my ears, to the point that I think I no longer found it so special. One of the few nice things about having left is that I get the pleasure of its presence from my girlfriend and, from time to time, strangers on the street. In fact, I was in the market the other day and heard Brazilians talking so I pretended to look for something near them just so I could be gifted once more.

If you are curious abut the ice cream in the picture, the flavors are açaí (purple) and taperebá (yellow), also known as cajá. To learn fruits in Portuguese, visit the post Brazilian Fruits that You Must Try and practice with these Flashcards.

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About Adam Lee

Adam is a writer and a researcher who has studied Brazilian culture for over a decade and created several Brazil-themed blogs going back to 2008. Having taught himself Portuguese, he put it to practical use by spending three years doing Brazil on a budget (and living in favelas), from Rio de Janeiro to the Amazon.

He now resides in Lisbon, Portugal, developing a startup and dreaming about having a beachside B&B in the Northeast of Brazil.

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  1. Margaret Nahmias

    October 12, 2014 at 6:13 am

    . I understand why you miss Brazilian Portuguese . It has a rhythm that Portugues padrão lacks . I also like the simplified grammar of the Brazilians. I don’t know if I could learn all those pronoun placement rules. ugh. Although it is harder for me to pronounce, it would not trade it for European Portuguese, unless I went to Portugal.

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    • Luciana Lage

      October 14, 2014 at 10:04 am

      É bom ver seu amor pelo português, Margaret!

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  2. Shelly

    October 11, 2014 at 5:42 am

    I am a professional musician and am learning Portuguese. I agree with the author that is wonderful to hear Brazilian Portuguese. To me, it sounds as beautiful as music

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    • Luciana Lage

      October 14, 2014 at 10:06 am

      I also see music in the Portuguese grammar. Often times you change a little thing here, then you need to change the rest of the sentence so everything flows in the same rhythm. Yes, I am a grammar geek!

      Reply
      • Clay

        January 4, 2017 at 5:20 am

        I lived near Lisbon, Portugal for two years. It seemed like many of the sentence structures were ordered more for how they sounded more than a rigid grammatical structure.

        Reply

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