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[darchildre]

An odd frustration:

So, I am having one of my occasional I Will Learn Other Languages! periods. This time, it is Portuguese. I keep meaning to learn Portuguese and every time I find language websites I check for Portuguese, but it is always Brazilian Portuguese and I don't want to learn that.* But this time, I have a B&N to spend, so I poked around and found some books and cds to try and teach myself some European Portuguese and bought them. So far, so good.

Then I thought, "Wouldn't it be fun to get a picture book or two in Portuguese, to have something other than textbook stuff to work on?" I poked around amazon and B&N and then the wider interweb and am having the devil's own time finding anything. I've found a couple of My First Portuguese Picture Dictionary things but that's it, unless I actually want to order from Portugal or Brazil, which seems ridiculous.

I mean, I realize that Portuguese isn't Spanish or Japanese, but you'd think there'd be something.




*Not that there is anything wrong with Brazilian Portuguese. It's just, y'know, if I could learn Madeirense Portuguese, I would totally do that, but there are no resources for that at all, at least that I can find. So straight European Portuguese it is.

Comments

[zanzando]

Ah, então boa sorte!


[Já falo português, mas é português brasileiro. ;)]


I can have a look around if you'd like? Or maybe you can look for a livraria portuguesa close to you? They should have that covered, and in any kind of Brazilian/Portuguese/Angolan/etc. enclave there's usually at least one.

[flourish]

If you were learning Brazilian Portuguese, we could practice together (and I could bring you books from Brazil). As it is, Woe! and Sadness! Or at least the Learning of Different Dialects!