I have started taking Portuguese lessons again thanks to my GREAT friend Katie. :-) I am really not sure how she has suckered me into this. It is better than last time but it is very difficult for me to say some of the words, ok most of the words. They just do not come out of my mouth like they should sound. Katie says I have an accent...I don't think I do....but maybe that is part of the problem. I am still trying my hardest and get what I can get and don't worry about the rest. Monday at class I was trying to say the word disappointed in Portuguese and it wasn't working. Nelo, our Portuguese teacher, said, "JoAnn you are killing my language". Katie got the biggest laugh out of it and it still laughing about it today...I am sure. :-) Nelo told me today not to kill his language again and said I don't need to kick my head about it just try, try, try.
The reason I am not picking it up could be because there are 2 different ways to say MY....a cup is a boy and a telephone is a girl. What the heck...English is sooooo much easier. :-) Every time I think I have it down then someone tells me there is two other words that mean the same thing. :-/
I am starting to think I don't need to learn Portuguese....my driver, friend, husband and maid speak English and Portuguese so as long as I have one of them with me at all times I am good, right?
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