I thought i'd get on with the new trend :D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFAeWIKXB8g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XE9Zo1Dh6wA
Does it really sound slavic like some people say?
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I thought i'd get on with the new trend :D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFAeWIKXB8g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XE9Zo1Dh6wA
Does it really sound slavic like some people say?
Like Russians trying to speak Spanish:D I often try to imitate the intonation and pronounciation for fun. Overall cool.
One question I have - are there substantial regional differences in language? Like local dialects and etc or is Portugal homogenous?
I must say that it is the most Slavic sounding non Slavic language. For me it sounds really different from Spanish or Italian, though I hear similarities between the three languages. It's soft and harsh at the same time, a melodic language and really interesting sounding to my ears. I think if I would have to study a Romance language I would chose Portuguese. :)
p.s. I think that those gsh, sh, zh, sounds give that Slavic vibe, but ofc it's not a Slavic language and I couldn't understand a word.
I sometimes watch Euro News channel and you can watch it in Portuguese as well and sometimes, for the sake of fun I do that and I remember when I asked to father how he thinks what language is that, and he was really confused since he thought that it's Slavic, but a really weird sounding Slavic language. :p
I've mistaken it for Russian a couple of times.. :embarrassed
Yes of course, but it's getting more homogenous as time goes by thanks to TV.
These are the identifiable local accents we have:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...s-Portugal.png
The ones from the Islands are the ones more different and difficult to understand. As for the continent, everyone is talking like 7 more and more, which is the standard way of portuguese and the one spoken on TV.
I understand the Brazilian one a bit better. my mother always compared Portuguese to Frech:laugh: (dunno what the hell was the matter with her) but yeah unless you're familiar with Spanish or Italian it does sound like a lot like Russian
There are important differences in comparison with spanish though:
- we can say Bs and Vs perfectly
- we have a completely different J sound, our J is like the english one. Same with G or X.
- our Rs sound different too.
- and of course, our S sound is different and it's what gives the slavic vibe.
the funniest thing i've seen someone say portuguese sounds like.. is a deaf russian person trying to speak spanish.. never laughed so hard at a comment, and it is somewhat spot on lol.. no offense sardine eaters :)
I can actually understand a good deal of Portuguese because of its closeness to French. It doesn't sound very foreign to me.
I am more familiar with Brazilian Portuguese because I'm a Sepultura fan, and I can understand most of their Portuguese lyrics.
To me it sounds like a mixture of French and Russian-like sounds, that is when I hear French and Russian, sometimes the sound of them reminds me of Portuguese I heard growing up :)