In June theschool ended for the summer and it was a relief in a way because we were so busy with everything. After a while we wanted to get back again to learn more.Then we waited and waited for the school to start again. In the meantime we didn´t get around to study or anything just to work and work.
Now the school has been on since the beginning of October and they have classes 3 times/week, which is a bit too much for us so we just go 2 times.
Sometimes I buy our local paper and try to read it and I can understand small parts of it but not all. We don´t study anything at home, too tired or no time so the progress to this quite hard language is slow.
Then I read this blog, written by a Swedish woman, living in Portugal. She has been here about 18 months and is READING novels in Portuguese. Not one, nor two but 5 novels. Good God I admire her.
A person I admire
So here are my "books" that I read, (or should have)
Going to bed. Tomorrow I will start to study. No more wine sipping for me at night.
/Åse
That´s very flattering, to be a person someone admires, but you must remember that I knew Spanish before I came to Portugal, and that helps a lot, since almost 90% of the vocabulary is the same. Also, I´ve had to make a real effort because my children attend portuguese school. As to reading novels; reading comprehension is the easiest part. Understanding spoken Portuguese is harder. Speaking Portuguese is also pretty hard, and I still have a long way to go before I feel confident when it comes to expressing myself in writing in Portuguese. PS. I sip wine almost every night! / Åsa
SvaraRaderaHi Åsa
RaderaI still admire you.
/Åse
When will you visit?
We´ll see! Maybe we´ll go north to see the big waves in Nazaré some weekend! Running a guesthouse and a vineyard is pretty admirable too! (:
SvaraRaderaHi Åsa
SvaraRaderaYou must visit! Maybe you can say hi to our guest.
Åse