Are you talking about European Portuguese or Brazillian Portuguese? I speak Brazillian Portuguese and I don't think it sounds anything like Russian but European Portuguese is pretty weird.
Well, for me (a Russian) the Portugese language sounds a lot like Polish. There's the same lot of "sh", "zh", "ts" and other odd consonants that make it sound like a snake's hissing (no offence meant). All in all, this "mixture of Polish and Spanish" sound really, really weird.
you should create a line of t-shirts. jus sayin... =)
ReplyDeleteI've been thinking about it. What should I put on them?
DeleteMaybe that frustrated guy saying "Portuguese does not sound like Russian!" would work? :-)
DeletePortuguese and Polish sounds pretty similar at a distance, I think - lots of hushing sounds and nasals.
ReplyDeleteAre you talking about European Portuguese or Brazillian Portuguese?
ReplyDeleteI speak Brazillian Portuguese and I don't think it sounds anything like Russian but European Portuguese is pretty weird.
no,no,no, Brazilian Portuguese is really weird
Deleteto me, Brazilians sound like drunk Spanish people.
DeleteThis also applies to my very terrible Italian... If in doubt, speak Spanish with a bad Italian accent and hope for the best. Mamma mia!
ReplyDeleteDo you learn Italian because of opera? I am starting to think ones who love opera start learning it at some stage...
Delete"Povera donna! Sola, abandonata in questo popoloso deserte che apellano Parigi!"
I find that Portugese sounds more like Spanish with a French accent personally
ReplyDeleteA girl I know just went back from Barselona and said same thing about Catalan :-)))
DeleteFor me Catalan sounds like French with a Spanish accent!
DeleteNow that's interesting. Where are you from?
DeleteWell, for me (a Russian) the Portugese language sounds a lot like Polish. There's the same lot of "sh", "zh", "ts" and other odd consonants that make it sound like a snake's hissing (no offence meant). All in all, this "mixture of Polish and Spanish" sound really, really weird.
ReplyDeleteEven the portugal portuguese doesn't sound similar to russian
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