As much as I, Eli, want to help you learn Portuguese, I can't relearn Portuguese to teach you how I learned it. But Katrina, our specialist guest, can.
Our special guest Katrina shares with us her journey learning Portuguese.
And in this episode:
- what to imitate when learning Portuguese, 3:50
- how to practice the Portuguese vowels, 5:00
- what sounds are hard for an English native speaker who also speaks Spanish, 6:27
- how to practice the sound ão, 8:24
- a simple answer to help you differentiate "mais" and "mas", 10:37
- the "Ghosting" technique, 14:49
- https://www.freeed.com/articles/803/step-by-step-guide-to-the-shadowing-technique
- how your experience with other languages influenced you, 18:27
- why learning several languages helps you learn faster, 20:32
- the relationship that English and Portuguese have and how it influences the learning, 22:50
- main takeaways of this conversation, 28:55
- de grão em grão a galinha enche o papo
- what's next, 31:26