2006-08-01 00:10:25 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
I lived in Portugal for 6 months, and was really surprised by how few people spoke english in a European country. I could count them on one hand (not including the people there from other countries). I actually did a lot of translating on trains and things for other European tourists, and you never know you might run into someone like I was there, but I wouldn't count on it. I suggest doing some studying of basic phrasing if your planning on a visit.
Go ahead and send me an e-mail if you have any other questions about customs or anything like that in Portugal. Best wishes.
2006-08-01 03:40:56 · answer #1 · answered by daisyk 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi! No they speak Portugese - most of the waiters understand english though... they know - what get to F*** means...
2006-08-01 07:16:09 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no.
some have diffrent accents and "slang" some which maybe have come from english words, but they speak mostly portugese
2006-08-01 10:04:52 · answer #3 · answered by saule 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Many of them do. Because they learn it as a second language.
2006-08-01 10:16:42 · answer #4 · answered by elgil 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
non-english speaking people are not a dumb my friend...they can learn english also though their mother tongue are not.
2006-08-01 10:24:11 · answer #5 · answered by mliwisku 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes
2006-08-01 07:15:10 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hello,
some of them do, while some of them do not.....
2006-08-01 07:17:10 · answer #7 · answered by kida_w 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋