Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Advice for Speaking Languages in Other Countries


Dear Scotious,

I’m in Brasilia, Brazil for the next three months and I have been learning Portuguese for this trip so that way I can talk with the locals but it seems that it doesn’t really matter because everywhere I go people talk to me in English which isn’t a big problem to most people but I have been learning Portuguese for this trip so that way people don’t have to talk to me in English and struggle with it. I would like to talk in Portuguese but I don’t know how to tell the people that I want to talk to them in Portuguese.

From your truly,

Mr. Brazil

 

 

 

Dear Mr. Brazil,

Don’t worry about it. Several people who travel to different countries talk to people in English as English is one of the universal languages. So don’t worry about it if someone talks to you in English, it is fine as most countries teach that language in the schools. I understand that you probably put a lot into learning Portuguese and I do understand if you would want to use it so just talk to them in Portuguese and since you have a long vacation there, people, like ones who work in restaurants and other service businesses will know that you speak Portuguese and they’ll know that you want them to  

Sincerely,

Scotious

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