Thank you all for all the info, I have pimsleur's european but it is limited only ten lessons. UCSD has Brazilian through extension course and of course Pimsleur has Brazillian as does Rosetta. I will look into those. And thanks for tips on the other aids Trevor. Obrigado Tony
On Friday, December 6, 2013 6:55:32 AM UTC-8, [email protected] wrote: > > Anthony, > > I try to pull everything I can together: > > 1. *RTPi *- I watch mostly after my family goes to bed. > 2. A Live class (was in Brazilian, but I learned of a textbook, *Ponto > de Encontro*, which indicates differences in European and Brasilian and > reads like a traditional language textbook, from greetings to conjugations). > 3. The book called "Essential Portuguese Grammar", by Alexander da R. > Prista > *4. A English-Portuguese Dictionary (I have Collins) They usually > differentiate Idioma.* > 5. Diccionario da Lingua Portugues (I have Priberam on my tablet, which > is published in Portugal) > 6. Irregular Verbs book (also on tablet) > *7. The Living Language Portuguese Course, Dictionary (very small) and > CD's. Pimsleur looks good.* > 8. I try to visit our 1 Portuguese grocery store whenever possible. If I > could stand the cold, I'd go to Providence or Bristol Co. *Interactive > practice is of utmost importance*. I thought I knew how to speak, until > I had to explain every thought in Portuguese to another person. > 9. I also used to translate news articles (using the aforementioned > sourcebooks). > > Obviously, I am "all in", but I still don't think I know enough. I need > more practice. > I hope this helps and was not too confusing. The "CD > courses"/Pimsleur/Living Language are a good start, but to get deeper, we > need to pull from everywhere we can, since we're not immersed. > > Take care. > > -Trevor > -----Original Message----- > From: Anthony Soares <[email protected] <javascript:>> > To: azores <[email protected] <javascript:>> > Sent: Thu, Dec 5, 2013 10:48 pm > Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] European Portuguese? > > Does any one out there know a good source to learn European as opposed > to Brazillian Portuguese ? > -- > 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] <javascript:>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] <javascript:> > . > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores. > -- 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.
