If you want
a decent return on your investment, the best language to learn is Brazilian
Portuguese...
Some lunatics learn
languages for fun.
The rest of us are
looking for a decent return on our investment.
That means choosing a language
with plenty of native speakers.
One spoken by people worth talking to, in a
place worth visiting.
One with close
relatives, so you have a head start with your third language. One not so distant from English that you give up.
There really is only one rational choice: Brazilian Portuguese.
Brazil is big (190m residents; half a continent).
Its economic prospects are bright.
São Paulo is Latin America’s business capital.
No other country has flora and fauna more varied and beautiful.
It is home to the world’s largest standing forest, the Amazon.
The weather is great and so are the beaches.
The people are friendly, and shameless white liars.
You’ll be told “Your
Portuguese is wonderful!” many times before it is true.
You won’t need a new
alphabet or much new grammar, though you may find the language addicted to declensions
and unduly fond of the subjunctive.
You’ll learn hundreds of
words without effort (azul means blue, verde means green) and be able to guess
entire sentences (O sistema bancário
é muito forte: the banking system is very strong).
With new pronunciation
and a few new words you’ll get around in Portugal and parts of Africa.
If you speak Spanish,
French or Italian, you’ll find half the work is already done — and if not, why
not try? With Portuguese under your belt you’ll fly along.
Best of all, you’ll
stand out. Only about 10m Brazilians have reasonable English, and far more
Anglophones speak French or Spanish than Portuguese, of any flavour.
I did not choose this
language; it was thrust on me by the offer of a job in São Paulo. But when I
think of my sons, now ten and five, one day being able to write “fluent
Brazilian Portuguese” on their CVs, I feel a little smug.
RESPONDA ESTAS QUESTÕES:
1- Why learn
Portuguese could be a good investment?
2- Why do
people want to learn a new language?
3- How does
the journalist describe Brazilian territory?
4- Brazilian
white natives are describing like white liars, why?
5- Which
facilities that you are going to find when you study Portuguese?
6-
Which others languages could help you in this process?
7 -She noticed
about the “declensions and unduly fond of the
subjunctive.” What is it means?
8- She had no choice
about learn Portuguese, what was the reason?
9 - What are her son´s
abilities now?
10 - Do you agree with
hers?
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