Hi guys
It's Damon
and Jo... is not here because she is in NYC and I'm in Paris
So beautiful, isn't it?
But that's all right 'cause in this video I'm gonna be telling you guys my problems with Portuguese
-We're going to talk about all this-
Like the things that you might have never even noticed
When I was growing up in Indiana
the paradise
I never thought that I would learn Portuguese
I didn't even know anyone from Brazil when I was young, I had never been to Brazil
before
I've been to Brazil twice, guys
When I speak in Portuguese with someone from Brazil or Portugal, they always ask me
"Portuguese is very difficult, right?"
And no, it is not
Like, I don't think Portuguese is very difficult
You guys at home must be like
"Yes, Damon. I think it is a bit difficult for you"
Even so I have a few problems with it so let's get started
Look, why do you guys have two forms of the number two?
There is "dois" and there is "duas"
But there's no "três" and "tresa"
There is no "quatro" and "quatra"
And maybe you're gonna hear me say things like
"give me two ("dois", masculine) bottles"
No, it is not "two (dois) bottles" Damon, it is "duas"
The word two changes
"Seu (your, masculine)" e "sua (your, femenine)"
I always think that "seu" and "sua" are like "dele (his)" and "dela (her)"
"Yes, yes, my friend... yes, your (sua) house"
No, in "your (sua) house" I'm talking about you but I wanted to say
"No, no, it's her (dela) house"
The pronoun changes its position
"It's my (meu) cell phone" "It's your (seu) celular"
But if this is Jo's cell phone, we'll say
"It's Jo's cell phone"
Then, we have this one. For example, if I'm talking with my friend João and this is his bottle, what do I do?
It's "your (seu, masculine) bottle" because you're a man
or it's "your (sua, feminine) bottle" because bottle is a feminine gender word
It's "sua" bottle
Yes, yes, I understand but it's very complicated for someone who has to change the object gender
when it doesn't exist in English
The days of the week
When your planning on hanging out, to eat, meeting friends
I always have to