Portuguese-American perspective

• I'm 2nd generation Port/Luso-American on my dad's side and 3rd on my first. I speak decent Portuguese and have visited and lived in Portugal. I can say that many Portuguese people are nice but there are a lot of ignorant and rude Portuguese people too. The Portuguese are always bragging about how "important" their language is but they're rude and impatient with foreigners speaking their language (Imagine if an English-speaker did the same!). Because Portuguese is not an important world language like English or Spanish, the native speakers aren't used to foreign accents and grammatical mistakes. This is a shame since it stops people from wanting to learn the language. A lesson for rude Portuguese people - be patient with people learning your language! Appreciate that they even try. They don't make fun of your horrible English!

  Lopes 14 Dez 2008, 09:40 - Reportar

Portuguese people are absolutely nice