It's kinda funny how native speakers never pay attention to these things. As a Brazilian a never noticed that i speak like that, but it's true. The process of learning a new language is truly amazing, i remember when i used to have trouble with these little things when i was at the beginning of my journey as an english learner.
If this is only the surface of the spoken portuguese as you say, i'd love to understand and watch more episodes. I really appreciate the internal value you offer here. Muito obrigado Andrew
Eita 😂 Cara quem é você mesmo eim? Melhor professor da língua portuguesa que já vi na internet 👏👏👏 Que massa vê alguém explicando minha língua em inglês de uma forma tão bem, tão interessante, fiquei muito impressionado com suas explicações, se eu não fosse brasileiro eu iria começar a estudar português agorinha mesmo com seu ensino. Muito sucesso, Deus te abençoe e eu sei que as pessoas só tem a ganhar com seu canal. Parabéns mêsmo de verdade. Não consigo diferenciar se você é brasileiro ou nativo de língua inglesa, sotaque perfeito nos dois idiomas. 🤝🤝🤝
It was wanting to speak Portuguese in the BJJ community that got me learning it. And after being able to understand high level professionally spoken audiobooks, I still couldn't understand the BJJ players or movies like Cidade de Deus, because of the slang and cut of words you're speaking about. Your content is amazing brother!
Appreciate it Rey Rey! Yeah, it's like an English learner using Pimsleur or Duolingo so that they can understand gangster rap...it's a whole different language :)
As a Portuguese speaker, I had never really paid attention to those differences and how they really can make the learning process difficult. Loved the explanations followed by the clips with the examples.
So much of this is like dominican spanish (which I learned to fluency, vids on my channel!). This video is very helpful. Pru+ is so similar to por/para both becoming pa' and joining the next word ie por adelante (up ahead/upfront) goes to pa'lante in real speech. Or estoy/esta/estamos going to toy/ta/tamo
This is extremely relevant. I have heard about a lot of the standard contractions in the language, and I even knew about a few of these "person on the street" contractions (i.e., not documented in traditional language books), but it is so good to get a basic explanation like this. Sometimes native speakers simply cannot grasp just how hard it is for us learn a language. Just like most PhDs have a hard time explaining to small children the concepts they work with fluidly day-to-day. Anyway, I will probably re-listen to the many times as I claw my way to some basic fluency in São Paulo.
Wow. Out of the many hundreds of Spanish and Portuguese videos I"ve watched, this one is possibly the most useful I've ever seen. I loved it. Here's why: 1. The sound quality is excellent. No distracting background noises or tinny sounds. You can hear all the nuances of his speech. 2. The content is extremely valuable. My biggest headache in learning Spanish was my inability to understand many native speakers, even after many years of study. My Portuguese is now getting off to a better start. 3. I love the real-world video clip examples!! Finally, I think this video is one I'm going to watch over and over and over. It's on my written learning plan now!
I just found your channel the other day as I was thinking about maybe trying my hand at Portuguese since I already speak fluent Spanish ....and German as well, well the German has nothing to do with it lol.... But I just wanna say thank you for your attention to detail and your explanations that make perfect sense. Your attention to detail is an amazing help! Also helping me realize how much different Portuguese truly is when it comes to pronunciation compared to Spanish.
I will, it's just that right now my focus is on building my course and making sure my students in it are getting the prioritization that they deserve. Once I finish the course I will then shift my focus back to the channel!
Andrew, thank you so much Man! Binging all your videos to get more familiar with Portuguese before my dream trip to Brazil in Feb 2025! Obviously won’t be fluent by then but hopefully will be able to atleast have some basic conversations! Much love from South Africa! (Você deve vir visitar a Cidade do Cabo!)
That's awesome Christo, you're gonna have an amazing time! You've got a good amount of time to prepare and I'll be here to support you on your journey...I will go to South Africa one day! :)
This is a super useful video! You move through it pretty fast and I had to stop the video many times to write down and take it all in. I also had to watch it several times of course. But it is invaluable information!
Some apps to find language exchange partners (where you connect with Brazilians looking to practice their English and they help you with your Portuguese) are: HelloTalk, Tandem. HiNative is another good app to get Brazilians to answer questions you have about the language, or to give you feedback on your Portuguese. To find online tutors, there's iTalki and Preply. If you're a native English speaker looking to practice your Portuguese, it's super easy to find language exchange partners because there are way more Brazilians learning English than there are English-speakers learning Portuguese. Hope that helps!
when I hear Sambas ,boss novas, they sing slower than conversation...so I'd like to start this way , learning to speak/sing along with the music...then later I may go faster...
as a Mexican it seems like informal spoken Portuguese follows a lot of the same rules as the Spanish spoken in the Caribbean, Puerto Ricans and Dominicans speak in a similar fashion
The “é que” literally means “is it that”….kind of like the difference between “what are you doing” and “what is it that you’re doing”. Adding the “é que” to a question is very common in the spoken language
New to Portuguese? Start here: th-cam.com/video/b0gHn6q0OgI/w-d-xo.html
Yoooo I need like 5000 more of these
Workin on it, brother!
Hahahaah was about to ask for the same! 😂
@@DecodingWordswithAndrewthank you for your work, it’s really helping!!
It's kinda funny how native speakers never pay attention to these things. As a Brazilian a never noticed that i speak like that, but it's true. The process of learning a new language is truly amazing, i remember when i used to have trouble with these little things when i was at the beginning of my journey as an english learner.
i got here after watching a similar video but with english. it really is strange how we treat something so complex as rudimentary, "yew w0t m8?"
Probably the most useful 7-minute lesson ever for learners of Brazilian. Thank you.
Thank you!!
If this is only the surface of the spoken portuguese as you say, i'd love to understand and watch more episodes.
I really appreciate the internal value you offer here. Muito obrigado Andrew
obrigado a você!!
Man. This video is absolute gold! Watched it twice already. Also, literally just heard como é que cê tá? On the street here in Sydney. Amazing!
That's what I love hearing, Chris!! That's real street Brazilian Portuguese :)
Eita 😂
Cara quem é você mesmo eim?
Melhor professor da língua portuguesa que já vi na internet 👏👏👏
Que massa vê alguém explicando minha língua em inglês de uma forma tão bem, tão interessante, fiquei muito impressionado com suas explicações, se eu não fosse brasileiro eu iria começar a estudar português agorinha mesmo com seu ensino.
Muito sucesso, Deus te abençoe e eu sei que as pessoas só tem a ganhar com seu canal. Parabéns mêsmo de verdade.
Não consigo diferenciar se você é brasileiro ou nativo de língua inglesa, sotaque perfeito nos dois idiomas.
🤝🤝🤝
obrigado :)
Now I understand, safter having lived here for 2 yeasrs now, why it is so difficult to understand two brazilians talking to each other !!!!
It was wanting to speak Portuguese in the BJJ community that got me learning it. And after being able to understand high level professionally spoken audiobooks, I still couldn't understand the BJJ players or movies like Cidade de Deus, because of the slang and cut of words you're speaking about. Your content is amazing brother!
Appreciate it Rey Rey! Yeah, it's like an English learner using Pimsleur or Duolingo so that they can understand gangster rap...it's a whole different language :)
Man, i'm really in love with how Portuguese sounds. Would like to understand it one day
I'm going to get back to adding content to my Portuguese for Beginners playlist...stay tuned, Ilya!
As a Portuguese speaker, I had never really paid attention to those differences and how they really can make the learning process difficult. Loved the explanations followed by the clips with the examples.
As a Brazilian I have never noticed it before. Very interesting
So much of this is like dominican spanish (which I learned to fluency, vids on my channel!). This video is very helpful.
Pru+ is so similar to por/para both becoming pa' and joining the next word ie por adelante (up ahead/upfront) goes to pa'lante in real speech.
Or estoy/esta/estamos going to toy/ta/tamo
Glad it was helpful!!
Oh wow this is very useful... You're an awesome teacher
Thank you so much and glad you found it useful!
Sooo helpful!!
Glad it was helpful Andrea! :)
This is extremely relevant. I have heard about a lot of the standard contractions in the language, and I even knew about a few of these "person on the street" contractions (i.e., not documented in traditional language books), but it is so good to get a basic explanation like this. Sometimes native speakers simply cannot grasp just how hard it is for us learn a language. Just like most PhDs have a hard time explaining to small children the concepts they work with fluidly day-to-day. Anyway, I will probably re-listen to the many times as I claw my way to some basic fluency in São Paulo.
So glad you found it useful and best of luck in Brazil!!
This was so so so helpful!!! 🙏🏼
Glad it was helpful, Zeno!!
More!
Your videos are soooo perfectly made. Keep it up!! 🤙🤙
Thank you, Pablo! Will do!
so happy i stumbled upon your channel! keep up the good work, you're an excellent teacher
Thank you, I appreciate that!
Wow. Out of the many hundreds of Spanish and Portuguese videos I"ve watched, this one is possibly the most useful I've ever seen. I loved it. Here's why:
1. The sound quality is excellent. No distracting background noises or tinny sounds. You can hear all the nuances of his speech.
2. The content is extremely valuable. My biggest headache in learning Spanish was my inability to understand many native speakers, even after many years of study. My Portuguese is now getting off to a better start.
3. I love the real-world video clip examples!!
Finally, I think this video is one I'm going to watch over and over and over. It's on my written learning plan now!
Great to hear that Ricardo!! Best of luck on your Portuguese journey...I'll be here to support you!
I just found your channel the other day as I was thinking about maybe trying my hand at Portuguese since I already speak fluent Spanish ....and German as well, well the German has nothing to do with it lol.... But I just wanna say thank you for your attention to detail and your explanations that make perfect sense. Your attention to detail is an amazing help! Also helping me realize how much different Portuguese truly is when it comes to pronunciation compared to Spanish.
thank you Tom!
Estou apenas aprendendo português. Isso foi excelente! Muito obrigado. Mais disso por favor!!!!!! Quero dizer....tou apenas aprendendo português.
muito bom! :)
Obrigada muito
I think this was my favorite lesson so far
Appreciate it Patrick!
Bro you are a legend! Thanks for this amazing video❤
Thanks so much Sid, I appreciate it!
pô véi, nem eu percebia que a gente fala assim hahahaha
pô = poxa
véi = velho
Please more of these videos
thanks for the feedback!
This is very helpful. Thanks.
You're welcome, glad it helped!
This is so incredibly useful, and so well taught
So glad you think so! :)
@@DecodingWordswithAndrew Will you be uploading more content?
I will, it's just that right now my focus is on building my course and making sure my students in it are getting the prioritization that they deserve. Once I finish the course I will then shift my focus back to the channel!
@@DecodingWordswithAndrew Awesome! When will the course be available?
Probably by January, February at the latest. The students I have in the course right now are basically those that didn't want to wait till then
Andrew, thank you so much Man! Binging all your videos to get more familiar with Portuguese before my dream trip to Brazil in Feb 2025!
Obviously won’t be fluent by then but hopefully will be able to atleast have some basic conversations!
Much love from South Africa! (Você deve vir visitar a Cidade do Cabo!)
That's awesome Christo, you're gonna have an amazing time! You've got a good amount of time to prepare and I'll be here to support you on your journey...I will go to South Africa one day! :)
@@DecodingWordswithAndrew thank you very much man. We hope to see you down here soon!
best account to learn fast. .
Glad you think so!
Fantastic. We need more
Thanks for the feedback Majeed!
I definitely want to see more videos like this please
thanks for the feedback!
Really appreciate this! Obrigada 😊
que bom que gostou! :)
Excellent!!
glad you thought so!
This is a super useful video! You move through it pretty fast and I had to stop the video many times to write down and take it all in. I also had to watch it several times of course. But it is invaluable information!
glad to hear that Alan!
You're a genius! Thank you. I need this in September!!!
@@srlovinap Thank you, so glad to hear that! :)
I’m so happy that I found your channel. Thanks so much🙏🏼
Obrigado!! I appreciate you!!
Love this!!
awesome! :)
Obrigada, pelas aulas muito boas 🇧🇷🫶
de nada!!
This is sooo good thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it Tanika! :)
Amazing video
Glad you liked it!
Obrigado ❤
😂😂😂 Gostei muito ❤ (nasci em Salvador Bahia)
bravo
Simply AMAZING!!! Thank you so much!!!
Glad you liked it! :)
Amazing channel, the best.
This is useful af, listening skill=improved.
glad you thought so!
New subscriber here. This video is fantastic!
Welcome aboard and hope you enjoy the rest of the videos!!
This is what we need.🔥🔥
glad you liked it Maria!
VERY helpful video
glad it helped!
Amé❤
I don't have any portuguese speaking friends. How do I practice speaking ?
Omegle
Some apps to find language exchange partners (where you connect with Brazilians looking to practice their English and they help you with your Portuguese) are: HelloTalk, Tandem. HiNative is another good app to get Brazilians to answer questions you have about the language, or to give you feedback on your Portuguese. To find online tutors, there's iTalki and Preply. If you're a native English speaker looking to practice your Portuguese, it's super easy to find language exchange partners because there are way more Brazilians learning English than there are English-speakers learning Portuguese. Hope that helps!
when I hear Sambas ,boss novas, they sing slower than conversation...so I'd like to start this way , learning to speak/sing along with the music...then later I may go faster...
Singing along to bossa nova and samba is a great way of learning pronunciation since the singers really articulate the words
as a Mexican it seems like informal spoken Portuguese follows a lot of the same rules as the Spanish spoken in the Caribbean, Puerto Ricans and Dominicans speak in a similar fashion
exactly!
do you have a course?
I don't at the moment, but I'll be adding more beginner level lessons so stay tuned!
What does O que é que.. mean? Why is it repeated ?
The “é que” literally means “is it that”….kind of like the difference between “what are you doing” and “what is it that you’re doing”. Adding the “é que” to a question is very common in the spoken language
Do people in Portugal also speak like this ?
There are some things that you'll hear them say like "tô/tá", the "kiki"...other things like "kikse" not so much
My god help my ears 😢🫠😂😂😂
:)
Mais
Continuo achando que você é brasileiro fingindo que é americano !
😂
yeee! I'm still confused when it comes to Andrew's nationality XDD
Andrew could have been raised bilingual by Brazilian parents while growing up in the US.