Hi everybody, BigBong here!
I hope you're enjoying the summer, I just feel so motivated man!
Anyway, if you've been following this channel
you probably saw that I started Mandarin Chinese
again from scratch while reviewing Japanese and Korean
So we're back on Busuu and I decided to do the same
with Romance languages available on the app
So I'll be studying basic Portuguese and I'll be translating
each expression in Italian, Spanish and French
as I'm sure a lot of people are actually learning
all these languages at the same time
Personally, I was always afraid that learning Portuguese
or Italian would mess with my Spanish
But if you think about it, it's ok to be confused with a word
from time to time, like "amigo" and "amico"
It's a pretty decent sacrifice if at the end of the day
you can actually have a conversation in 4 different languages!
By the way, I already know that people from Portugal
are gonna hate me for putting the Brazilian flag
But the reason for that is because it's the one used on the app
Obviously due to the accent, so sorry guys...
Alright here we go
So you can see that I completed a few lessons already
I'm apparently 10% fluent in Portuguese
And let's learn how to introduce ourselves
[BigBong listens and repeats the expression in Portuguese]
"Ola" so that's "hello"
Very easy and it's exactly the same in Spanish
though you write it with a silent H
and without the accent, I think...
But you guys can also correct me in the comments
if I make any mistakes
In Italian, we say "ciao"
which is pretty well-known around the world
Though I'm not sure if it's more casual than saying
"Ola" in Spanish and Portuguese
It's like "salut" in French
Could you actually say "ola" to your boss in Brazil?
Because I don't think you can say "salut" to your superiors in France
It's just too unprofessional, unless you know them personally
It's the same for "ciao" in Italian
Would you say that to your boss?
Let me know in the comments!
[BigBong listens and repeats the expression in Portuguese]
"Tudo bem?" How is it going? I love that expression!
Honestly, if I'm having a bad day and you ask me "tudo bem?"
I would feel better right away
In French, the equivalent would be "ça va ?"
Which literally means "is it going?"
And you can just reply "ça va"
By changing the intonation, you're actually responding "it's going"
[BigBong repeats the expression in French]
In Italian, "Come stai?" or "Come va?"
[BigBong repeats the expressions in Italian]
And in Spanish, "¿Cómo estás?"
Though if you go to Spain, you could say "¿Qué tal?"
[BigBong listens and repeats the expression in Portuguese]
I'm a dude, so I would say "bem, obrigado"
And the final O sounds a bit like U
[BigBong repeats the expression in Portuguese]
In French, I already said that you could reply "ça va"
But of course, you could also say "good, thank you"
which is "bien, merci"
In Spanish, the first word is exactly the same...
but with a Spanish accent "bien, gracias"
Or if you want to sound more Castilian Iberico
And in Italian, also pretty similar "bene, grazie"
[BigBong listens and repeats the expression in Portuguese]
"Eu sou"... I am
I believe the closest is Spanish with "yo soy"
[BigBong repeats the expression in different accents]
In Italian, that's "io sono"
I am BigBong
And in French, "je suis"
I am BigBong
Oh yeah and in Portuguese, you have to add the definite article
"Eu sou o BigBong"
Literally, "I am the BigBong" which I don't think we say
in any of the languages we're studying today
unless you wanna sound exactly like it does in English
I am the BigBong, the one and only
[BigBong listens and repeats the expression in Portuguese]
"Muito prazer", Nice to meet you
Literally, "a lot of pleasure"... I love that!
The closest would be the Italian "piacere"
which also means "pleasure"
In Spanish, it's "mucho gusto"
And in French, it's "enchanté"
It's like you're enchanted, you're charmed
[BigBong listens and repeats the expression in Portuguese]
"Ate logo", see you later!
And same here, maybe even more
the final O sounds like a U
I think the closest this time is Spanish with "hasta luego"
In French, that would be "à plus tard"
Though outside of France, like in Canada
you could also use "à tantôt"
And in Italian, I think it's "a dopo"
Wow, one lesson feels so much
when you're studying four languages at the same time
Now let's recap all that
[BigBong introduces himself in Portuguese]
[BigBong introduces himself in French]
[BigBong introduces himself in Spanish]
[BigBong introduces himself in Italian]
That's it for today, if you wanna keep practicing by yourself
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