Which language do you want to learn

[Roy]

Portuguese. I can speak Polish, English & German and French (with German being the worst by far despite the odds).

[Roy]

I want to learn Portuguese so that communication with negroes from Brazilian favels is easier and more pleasant.
Is it difficult for a Spanish speaker (my level is B2) to learn Portuguese?

It is easier for a Portuguese speaker to learn Spanish than the other way around I've read.

[Voskos]

Papuan.

[Mingle]

Yeah, they can. All Spanish accents are mutually intelligible just like American English with British, Australian or NZ English. Even though sometimes you may have a hard time understanding some accents (it happens to me with Chilean Spanish for example).

So then why are there separate Latin American Spanish and separate Peninsular Spanish dubs for foreign language movies and shows (same with Brazilian Portuguese and Peninsular Portuguese)? I never heard of Brits having a separate English dub or anything.

[Nazarene]

Assyrian

[Marco94]

So then why are there separate Latin American Spanish and separate Peninsular Spanish dubs for foreign language movies and shows (same with Brazilian Portuguese and Peninsular Portuguese)? I never heard of Brits having a separate English dub or anything.

I think it has to do with Spain having strict dubbing policies, just like France and Italy have. Everything has to be translated to Iberian Spanish. These laws were enacted during Franco’s regime, imitating those of Mussolini’s Italy and some Eastern European countries, in order to protect the language and identity.

The Latin American translations, on the other hand, are made in Mexico in a “standard” Latin American Spanish. This Spanish has some differences with European Spanish, such as “ustedes” instead of “vosotros” and thus the different conjugation of the plural 2nd person. Other difference could be pronunciation of “s”, “c” and “z” as “s” and not as “th”.

[Irishchessmaster]

Gaelic

[MiloshN]

Russian and Germanian

[TheMaestro]

Italian and maybe French

[coolfrenchguy]

learning by language groups , like noam chosmky says and not by opposition example: dutch/english voor/for english naar/near vrouwen/women german/english kalte/cold
blau/blue sturm/storm i can understand more or less basic italian by hear i'am not very good in german they have some twisted way of phrase making not like in english or french
roman group italian/romanian/portuguese/spanish/french
germanic group : english/dutch/german/danish
in fact i haven't learn a second language because i had a twisted scolarity,i have made 4 differents schools redoubling some grades because these fucking abstract maths
sorry but i have never understand x+Y=Z,thanks to the motherfuckers who did it
wich language probably german, fennic looks like very difficult like estonian the language made of E everywhere, i never seen a language with so many E