That is neat. Yeah I think it helps when your around other people who speak the language.
On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 5:27 PM, John Vasconcelos <[email protected]>wrote: > *Although I was born in California, I speak and understand Portuguese > reasonably well and even read and write enough Portuguese, both Azorean and > Brazilian (including some slang), to write letters to friends and > relatives in both the Azores and Brazil (my late wife was Brazilian and we > were married almost 21 years). I was born 4 years after my mother > immigrated to the US, so I didn't speak much English until I started > school. By the time I started high school, I had forgotten most of my > Portuguese, but a whole family of cousins immigrated from the Azores and I > started speaking it again. After grad school, I got a chance to work in > Brazil where I met my wife and the rest is history. Now when I go to the > Azores, I am sometimes asked what part of Brazil I'm from. Similarly, some > Brazillians will say that I have an "Island" accent. > I went to all this preamble to say that I absolutely am hopeless with > French,.. can't begin to understand it. I took Spanish in High School and > get along reasonably well. I can even get along in Italian, but French is a > big ZERO. > John Vasconcelos > * > On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 11:53 AM, Pam Santos <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Sorry I can't find the email where this was posted, I want to thank the >> person who sent this. Very interesting, I also have to admit that I have >> never heard anyone speak Portuguese. So it was nice, but odd at the same >> time. Since I know how to speak Spanish a little and read it better, and >> as I have gone through records thinking its was very similar to Spanish. >> BUT after hearing it sounds alot different.Anyways just wanted to say >> thanks, it was neat to finally hear it. >> >> Pam >> >> -- >> -- >> 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." >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Azores Genealogy" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> > > -- > -- > 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." > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Azores Genealogy" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- -- 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." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
