Our Language Story (In Portuguese with subtitles)
Where do we come from? How did we learn English? How did we end up teaching European Portuguese Online?
Enjoy!
Our podcasts can be found here: https://portuguesewithcarla.com/podcasts/
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Muito bom vĂdeo! Gosto de ouvir sobre a vossa histĂłria!
VocĂȘs sĂŁo impecĂĄveis! Muito obrigada por ensinarem tĂŁo bem a nossa lĂngua! E que inveja dessa pronuncia inglesa!
Obrigada nĂłs, Paula, pelos seus elogios âșïž quanto Ă pronĂșncia inglesa, ajudou bastante a oportunidade que tivemos de viver na Inglaterra đ€Ș
I truly appreciate that you speak at normal speeds. Speaking slowly,, by others is only briefly helpful, but in the end it is important to be exposed to as much real life Portuguese as possible. A qualidade do vĂdeo Ă© realmente Ăłtima! Muito obrigado e abraços dos EUA.
Muito obrigada đ um abraço nosso.
Hi Carla & Marlon,
Just a million thanks for your videos to start with.
Question: is there any easy way to find your first videos in chronological order! They seem to be all mixed up. I would love to start at the beginning or am I completely missing the plot.
Anyway, a thousand thank yous for what you do. Xxxx
Thank you C x
OlĂĄ Mandy, thanks đ as C said you can find the chronological order in which weâve published the videos, but to build you confidence, start with all the âbasicâ videos like the alphabet, tricky sounds and numbers; colours one and months and seasons of the year as well as the 100 common Portuguese words and phrases. You could watch the latter one first and repeat it every so often to get you speaking immediately. If you find the speed of our Portuguese too fast, remember to slow down the speed on the settings đđœ And listen to the podcasts. The first 7 arenât yet on YouTube (sorry!), but you can watch or listen to them on our website portuguesewithcarla.com
Anyway, donât worry too much about the order in which you watch them, just make sure to get plenty of exposure to the language and have fun with it đ
Thanks again for your comment xx
Thanks guys. Xxxx
What a great surprise. I’m also half Angolan đŠđŽ (but I m not fluent in Portuguese đ) . However, it’s never too late to learn and I am glad I found your channel đ€
That’s it haha, I saw this video like recommendation and I really appreciate that, you have a african accent, I have several friends in my country with the same angola accent, I like so much people who are there, I will subscribe your channel đ
đ yes my Angolan accent comes out when Iâm with family and a few close friends, but generally and what you heard is the standard Portuguese accent đ€Ș thanks for subscribing! đđœđđœ
Sometimes I watch several channels in english to learn more and learn to speak better as well
Thank you for all your hard work in making these videos. I am working away hard as well at listening in order to tune my ear…currently 80% speed…hopefully with time, I will be able to bring it up to 100%. Obrigado de novo.
It was really Nice hearing your story. I was able to understand more than 80% mas ainda nĂŁo sou capaz de falar o portuguĂȘs fluentemente (at my level). Na verdade, escrever Ă© mais fĂĄcil haha
Iâm so glad you did this video. Youâve helped me so much. I recommend your channel all the time on our expats in Portugal group. Itâs nice to know more about you. Abracos.
Muito obrigada NinoBK! đ€
Para mim Ă© boa tarde. 49 graus centĂgrados. OpĂĄ, eu morro de calor. Meus Deus, uma pessoa nĂŁo pode nem sair de casa. Se fizer 35 graus, jĂĄ Ă© um calor de rachar, nĂŁo quero imaginar como serĂĄ aturar 49 graus.
Guys you look better and better in every video. Love your content. Cheers.
14:45 “se calhar mencionĂĄmos uma coisita ou outras”. Achei interessante o uso da palavra “coisita” (em vez de “coisinha” que sempre ouvi atĂ© agora). HĂĄ alguma diferença entre coisinha e coisita? Ouvi outras vezes palavras (que para mim parecem mais bem espanholas) e fiquei com dĂșvida se fazem parte do vocabulĂĄrio do portuguĂȘs ou se sĂŁo palavras emprestadas do espanhol, para dar algum efeito… Podiam dar uma opiniĂŁo sobre isso? Acho que usar o diminutivo -ito em vez de -inho Ă© no que mais reparei. PorĂ©m nunca li num livro de portuguĂȘs para estrangeiros sobre a existĂȘncia da terminação “ito” em diminutivo portuguĂȘs. Para terminar, quero agradecer muito pelo vosso LINDO trabalho!!
OlĂĄ đ para formar o diminutivo em portuguĂȘs temos vĂĄrios sufixos, mas os dois mais comuns em portuguĂȘs sĂŁo âinhoâ e âitoâ (e claro tambĂ©m existem no feminino e no plural).
Obrigada pelo teu comentĂĄrio e elogio âșïž
muito obrigada. Estou an abosolute beginner e eu adoro your videos
Portugues Angolano e melhor da CPLP esta sempre a evoluir.
âșïž https://youtu.be/gXLlFEOSwjE
Excelente video đ ParabĂ©ns, continuem a fazer um excelente trabalho que tĂȘm feito đ
Anteriormente, encontrei podcasts e vĂdeos para aprender outros idiomas. No entanto, nĂŁo consegui encontrar um bom para o portuguĂȘs. âPortuguese with Carlaâ Ă© o melhor que existe. TĂŁo feliz por ter encontrado
I can’t wait to see The Journey…it looks great. So glad I found your channel. I started real study about 3 weeks ago and I am incorporating your suggestions! Thanks so much!
Am shocked! Actually thought you guys are English
đ perhaps you havenât watched our very first video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/WIu-wacuIaU
But you behaved like you are more or less English people teaching Portuguese but now you just go into this ocean of Portuguese and can’t believe.. it’s like a secret was just revealed
đ we never said we were English.. I guess having lived there for so long we picked up on the accent (although not perfectly) đ€Ș
It sounded like Russian to me. đ Muito obrigado!
đ a few others have said the same.
This is awesome! The best language learning program out there..! I’m excited to start learning European Portuguese!
Siempre he querido aprender portugués y creo que he encontrado el sitio adecuado con vosotros. Gracias
Thank you!! Both my parents were born and raised in Sao Miguel then moved to Canada and then I was born. Growing up my parents spoke Portuguese to me, so I 100% understand, BUT I donât know how to speak it..does that make sense? When they spoke to me in Portuguese I would reply back in English because they wanted to learn English đ
De nada! đ And yes, it makes perfect sense that you understand Portuguese but do not speak it. It shows how vital it is to actually try to speak it.
If you canât say a whole sentence in Portuguese, donât worry! When in a conversation start by throwing in the odd Portuguese words that come to mind; when listening to you relatives and our videos, try to repeat short phrases and when you have the chance to use them, go for it! Thatâs really what children do when they start speaking, right? They repeat after the parents and in a sense we do have to become like little children again. It can be challenging and we can feel all embarrassed because we may say it wrong, but we canât allow that to stop us. Dwell on the fact that your relatives and the Portuguese you encounter will truly appreciate you for trying and eventually becoming fluent đ€
Amazing Carla. Only been speaking English at 19 years old? With an English accent? I thought you were raised in England but were a Heritage Portuguese speaker!Well done all the same. If I was learning Portuguese for sure I would use your resource!Well done guys!
I am so grateful to get and subscribe to this channel. The vocabulary video helped me a lot to remember thousands of words….Thank you guys for these wonderful videos. Please keep on posting more and more videos…..
Thanks for subscribing and weâre glad youâre enjoying our videos đ„°
I wonder why someone would dislike this video!! I find it so amazing. I’ll be looking into this program.
Obrigada, Noren đ„°
You guys are amazing…what a journey. Obrigada por toda a inspiracao!
Thanks for sending me this video in your (automated? but nice) response to my questions. I’d viewed your film The Journey previously and was very impressed by the production quality (almost too good), but now I understand the purpose of it as a teaching tool and your approach to teaching as explained how you got to where you are in this You Tube video.
Whatever đ Boring!! đ
Obrigado, minha avos nunca falar Ingles, e preciso aprender mais portugues entao eu posso conversar com eles. Tu ajudes muito com meu compreensao
@TF Hahs vale a pena o esforço đđœ parabĂ©ns pela tua atitude đ
I’m capeverdean born in america, my parents didn’t teach me portuguese but I can speak creole fluently – they didn’t want to teach me the “colonizer” language so here I am lololol
Well, itâs never too late đ keep it up!
I was wondering how your English is so perfect and native-like LOL. This explains it. Love your channel btw
I am so addicted to ” The Journey” that I forget to do laundry, clean house, grocery shop, because the courses keep me so addicted to continue to next lesson.
Great to know youâre finding it engaging đ€
How much is the course, cause I want to join but I’m not sure if I can afford it
Por-tuga-l
This is my second video and this idea is fantastic! Thank you so much! I’m picking up the accent!
Real Portugues Content with Carla
What do you guys think of this vdeo explaining how the brain AQUIRES a language:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiTsduRreug
You’re just like a Portuguese speaking Dora the explorer now!
Do your partner have name?
My husbandâs name is Marlon đ
Um abraço do Brasil đđđđđŠđđŠđđđŽđŽđŽ
Love your story guys! Looking forward to learn Portuguese with you Carla!
Obrigada, Claudia đ€
Guys, you are so amazing! Thank you for all your job, energy and time. I love portugese so I try to learn it on my own, but also I have hyperacusis so most of the time voices and other sounds annoy me, but you are so peaceful that learning with you is a pleasure! Thank you!!!!
Wow, Karolina, thatâs a very special compliment coming from someone who has hyperacusis. It really put a smile on my face knowing that youâre enjoying leaning Portuguese from us đ€ you are very welcome and we hope you continue to benefit from our videos đ
Just had to stop the video and comment on what Carla just said. The experience of Porguguese speakers detecting IÂșm English and starting to speak English to me is manifest. I always ask, “How am I going to become fluent in Portuguese if you all insist on speaking English to me?” I think it shows the wonderful nature of the Portuguese people. Communication is more important than expectations. I just accept that, while I am trying to improve, they may like to refresh or improve their English; as well as trying to be helpful. Good for everybody even if it means it takes me longer.
Keep up the awesome work.
With deepest thanks and appreciation.
Itâs tough when you wish to practice your Portuguese, but it seems you have a really positive towards it which is great đ
Thank you so much for your very interesting video about European Portuguese ! Thank you so much !
Thanks Kim âșïž
Wow
Thx for Portuguese and English subtitles
Watching from the U.S.
OlĂĄ Carlotinha, estĂĄs muito linda, diverti-me bastante com esse vĂdeo đdou-vos razĂŁo quanto ineficiĂȘncia( pelo menos para mim) dos mĂ©todos convencionais de ensino do inglĂȘs ou outras lĂnguas , bjĂŁo aos dois!
Gizela Amado đŠđŽ
Obrigada prima đ
Que Ăłtimo vĂdeo!
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I’m amazed at how well you both speak English. Thank you for the very interesting introduction to your language method which is attractive and promising.
Thank you đ„°
Started learning from you guys one year ago and am now enrolled in classes at A2 level. Thanks for the help, you seem like a great couple to raise a glass with if you’re ever around Cascais area!
đ obrigada, Joey! ParabĂ©ns for reaching level A2 đ€ Youâre doing classes and living in Portugal – Iâm sure youâll soon be speaking Portuguese fluently – keep it up đđœ
This is absolutely crazy! I didn’t expect much when the movie trailer started, but it blew my freaking mind! I literally have goosebumps and tears in my eyes! đ I need to see this immediately! Epic work!!
Wow thank you so much đđ„° If youâre interested to join our course, The Journey, then register youâre interest on here: https://portuguesewithcarla.com
And weâll make sure to get back to you with more info on it đđœ
Carla: muito obrigada por o vĂdeo, eu estou aprendendo portuguĂȘs, estĂĄ e a primeira vez que vĂȘ-o seu programa . Minha gramĂĄtica nĂŁo Ă© boa, mas estou aprendendo.
OlĂĄ đđœ a tua gramĂĄtica parece-me muito boa! Mas fica aqui uma dica âpor + oâ = pelo, ou seja, deves dizer: obrigada pelo..
keep it up, estĂĄs no bom caminho! đ€
Ă impressionante como funcionam (mal) os algoritmos. Tenho interesse pelo ensino de portuguĂȘs a estrangeiros, tanto portuguĂȘs de Portugal quanto do Brasil, mas sĂł agora, depois de anos Ă© que encontrei, por acaso, um vĂdeo de um canal tĂŁo profissional como este.
Muito obrigada, MĂĄrcio đ„°