Good day. My name is Andy.
Welcome to my channel.
I work in a shop (Eu trabalho)
A shop that sells books
clothes, shoes, bags,
textiles to make clothes (fabrics)
and other things like kitchenalia,
I am the manager; I receive a salary
Everybody else works for free! They are volunteers
I really like to speak to customers in different languages
Usually, I don't meet many people in the shop who speak Portuguese
There aren't many people from Brazil. There aren't many people from Portugal,
but sometimes, I have the opportunity to speak Portuguese
with a customer from Angola.
Her mum is from Angola (Cabinda) and her father is from The Congo (Brazzaville)
Naturally, she speaks French and Portuguese
but she usually speaks to me in French
because she knows that my Portuguese is not as good as my French.
So, I started to learn Portuguese
8 or 9 years ago.
In those days, I was working in a different shop.
In that different shop I met a Brazilian lady.
She asked me to help her to learn some English.
At the same time, I learned some Portuguese.
I listed to some Portugese lessons with Pimsleur.
I have a favourite Youtube channel
Portuguese with Marcela Marcedo. (Link to the channel is above right)
All the videos are in Portuguese.
She speaks clearly and slowly.
I've already watched various videos.
Now, I don't speak much Portuguese on my Youtube channel
because these days I don't meet many people from Brazil
in my shop