portugese is a dialect of spanish so why is it hard to understand?
2007-05-01 16:48:42 · 10 answers · asked by pink 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
My first language is Spanish and I learned to speak and write Portuguese in two years. I didn't it hard at all; All I did was work at a place that had many Portuguese speaking people, I didn't take classes or anything.
2007-05-01 16:52:09 · answer #1 · answered by Kalikina 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
No way. If Portuguese a Spanish dialect, English is too. A dialect of German and French. Portuguese is a true language. A Latin languages as Spanish, French, Italian, Romanian and some minor languages are.
We share, at some extent, grammar and vocabulary. However the spoken languages are quite different. As a Portuguese speaker, to me is easier understand written than spoken Spanish. But it's not SO difficult. Actually, they say it's easier for Portuguese native speakers to understand Spanish rather Spanish native speakers understanding us
2007-05-02 08:21:29 · answer #2 · answered by M.M.D.C. 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is NOT a dialect of Spanish. It is a completely different language. As different as German is to English. Well, maybe not quite that different, it does have many similarities. Portuguese have an easier time understanding Spanish because all the sounds of Spanish are in portuguese but the portuguese language has different sounds that are not so identifiable to Spanish speakers and I think that is why it is harder for them to figure out what they are trying to say.
2007-05-02 00:14:09 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I speak Spanish and personally, I don't find Portuguese hard to understand. Obviously, it's a different language (not a dialect), so there are differences, but you can get the basic gist of what they're saying.
2007-05-02 00:03:54 · answer #4 · answered by LadyC 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Portuguese is no more a dialect of Spanish than Dutch is a dialect of English.
2007-05-01 23:54:17 · answer #5 · answered by Doc Occam 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Portuguese, Spanish, French, Italian and other languages that come from Latin has the same root....
I learn Portuguese in 6 months; basically i was put in charge of a project that i was the only one that spoke Spanish and... everybody else spoke ... Portuguese...
SO .... MY SOLUTION TO THAT WAS ... I LEARN "THIS" .... OR I AM OUT OF A JOB... I had to learn.... and fast!!!! (to read and write) .
I grow up in Spain 18 years and was born of speaking Spanish parents - only- .
It was not that bad, I just really ...need it and wanted to learn the language... ;-) I had two babies to feed at home...
Try it...
good luck ;-)
2007-05-02 00:19:43 · answer #6 · answered by Magaly 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I had a teacher from Puerto Rico and she said both Portuguese and Italian are easy for Spanish speakers to learn.
2007-05-01 23:54:43 · answer #7 · answered by rebekkah hot as the sun 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Is not a Dialect, its justa another language that comes from LATIN, so it must have something in common with FRENCH, SPANISH, ITALIAN.....
and is not hard to understand.... but is easier to a Person who speaks portuguesse to understand spanish
2007-05-02 00:03:48 · answer #8 · answered by ana pau 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
because it has many sounds that spanish don't use.
Until Portugal is a sovereign nation, porgutuese is a language not a dialect.
2007-05-02 10:46:49 · answer #9 · answered by Choran 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
it may be a dialect but it is a different language
2007-05-01 23:56:06 · answer #10 · answered by undercovernudist 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋