Just remember to add crap to the end of every Thai sentence and you'll be fine.

Brazilian dude

P.S. Wait a minute! That's a man thing.

And you're actually admitting to this?

LQ

Vc sabe que nos nao temos guarana em Texas? :cry: We do have a new Brazilian restaurant in my city...but...once you've been to a REAL churrascaria, American imitations (or in this case, a Mexican imitation) can't compare. I'll be back in Brazil in July. Don't freak out if I show up on your doorstep ...

oh...and don't feel too flattered...you haven't heard my portugues yet. hehehe
LQ

Cafe? Cafe nao e meu favorito. Talvez uma guarana?
LQ

When you are learning multiple lanugages, at first, the non-native ones are sort of thrown into a "Other Language" file that maybe a dominant one sort of takes over, like "German and other languages." So when one comes to an idea or a thing in a foreign language that we don't kn...

That's a great thought. I'm an auditory learner normally, but maybe it's different with languages. Thanks for your help!

HAHAHA...hehehe....well, YES! What's funny is, if you're speaking Portugues to a Brazilian and mix it with Spanish, they don't really care, and they understand. But if you're speaking Spanish with a Mexican (I live near the border) and you mix Spanish with Portugues, they look at you like you've los...

I've heard of that, but what about flipping back and forth between English and Portugues when everyone else is speaking SPANISH??? hehehe I know, I'm a dork. But it's true!

Well then, any suggestions on how to get over this "personal problem"? And what about mixing languages? Anyone ever do that? Good grief, I'm making a great first impression...

Well that just sucks. hehehe
and thanks. I hope to learn some things in here.

Lisa

I have almost no trouble understanding what I read or hear when I'm learning a new language. I can read with the same accuracy and speed as I do in English. But, I fumble for words when attempting to speak. Then, I constantly say what I'm trying to say WRONG, but once I hear what comes out of my mou...

HAHAHA...well. I certainly HOPE NOT! But then again...mabe that thar splains aluv my problems!

Hehehe, I can spend a good hour in the bookstore laughing at those "gems". It's so embarrassing! But hey, without mistakes, we can't learn from them...I guess maybe we'd just like someone a little lower on the totem pole to make the gigantic blunders, though.

How adorable! I bet Lula keeps him busy. LQ