Hi all, Cheri, normally it's called European Portuguese, or Portuguese Portuguese (!).. As opposed to Brazilian, Angolan, etc. Only people living in an island (i.e. the Azoreans), would ever call it "Continental". Brazil, by itself is more of a continent than mainland Portugal is, in any circumstance.
Anthony, educational materials are usually geared towards Brazilian Portuguese, with an appendix on the changes to European Portuguese (pronunciation is slightly different, and we use the informal "you", where Brazilians use the formal "you" - if you know spanish it's a bit like the "tu" and "usted"). It won't be easy to find professionally-built materials with an emphasis on European Portuguese (the market is just not big enough). Some pointers: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL798E43B657A12CEE http://www.amazon.com/Portuguese-European-Compact-Understand-Pimsleur/dp/0743550668/ref=pd_sim_sw_2 João On Friday, December 6, 2013 4:59:45 AM UTC+1, Cheri Mello wrote: > > Tony S, > > I learned it was called "continential" Portuguese. > > I'm sure everyone has their favorite. I bought cassette tapes back in the > day that came with a course book. It was the Living Language series. > > Google: living language continental portuguese > Amazon.com sells it still on cassette or CD. > > Others will tell you what they use. > Cheri Mello > Listowner, Azores-Gen > Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das > Tainhas, Achada > -- For 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]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
