Sam,
Does your local library have audio books? If you are looking for some conversation words, perhaps you could download an audio book and "listen". That way you would have the pronunciation as well. I have seem mp3's for all sorts of languages available. Cheryl From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sam Koester Sent: Friday, March 06, 2009 2:58 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Byki Transparent Language Portuguese Kathy; Thank you for your reply. It sounds like BYKI might work just to learn a few polite words before making a trip to the Azores. I think people generally appreciate one trying to speak the "native" language. Thanks much for your input. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kathy Cardoza Sent: Friday, March 06, 2009 11:50 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Byki Transparent Language Portuguese Hi Sam Yes, I have. I own BYKI version 3.6 that I purchased about a year and a half ago. I bought it just so that I could learn some words in Portuguese and for that, I think it works very well. It just depends on what you are after. There may be other programs that might be better to learn more conversational Portuguese? I don't know. But this is relatively cheap and, like I say, depending on your needs and expectations, might do nicely for you. Or maybe not? :)I looked at the Rosetta Stone program which is most likely much better for learning to speak and sentence structure, etc. But it is MUCH more expensive, like several hundred dollars! Also, it only offers Brazilian Portuguese. This is probably not much help, I know. It has been a long time since I worked with it, but I WAS pleased when I did use it. It met my needs and expectations. Kathy ************************************************* Visit the Azores GenWeb Project: <http://homepage.mac.com/kmacardoza/Genealogy/azoresindex.html> http://homepage.mac.com/kmacardoza/Genealogy/azoresindex.html ************************************************* On Mar 5, 2009, at 7:04 PM, Sam Koester wrote: Hello list; Just a quick question. Has anyone used this language program? I'm thinking of purchasing it and wondered if anyone on the list had any experience with it. Thanks, Sam in CA --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
