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Post by 10slover on Sept 20, 2021 10:31:20 GMT 10
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Post by TheUser98 on Sept 20, 2021 20:54:51 GMT 10
-Are there different accents in Brazil?
-Are there any differences between Portugese spoken in Brazil and Portugese spoken in Portugal?
-What are your thoughts (if any) on Jair Bolsonaro?
-Football fan?
-Have you ever seen the Brazilian movie "Cidade de Deus"?
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Post by 10slover on Sept 20, 2021 23:36:50 GMT 10
-Are there different accents in Brazil? -Are there any differences between Portugese spoken in Brazil and Portugese spoken in Portugal? -What are your thoughts (if any) on Jair Bolsonaro? -Football fan? -Have you ever seen the Brazilian movie "Cidade de Deus"?1. Yes, all countries are like that Like the us we also divide accents into different categories: Northern, Northeastern, Midwest, southeastern, southern. And states have different accents too. 2. Yes, it's bigger than the difference between British and US English actually. Many times it can be hard to understand European Portuguese, they speak like they have two hot potatoes stuck in their mouths, it's very unpleasant. Portuguese speaking countries in Africa (Angola, Mozambique and some others) also have differing accents (my favorite Portuguese accent is angolan Portuguese) but their accent is somewhat similar to european portuguese. 3. Terrible leader and he is racist, sexist and all-things-phobic 4. No, i really don't care. 5. I have heard of it but never watched it... I'd say that movies is more popular in the US than in Brazil.
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Post by 10slover on Oct 13, 2021 22:35:20 GMT 10
How's education in Brazil compared to the United States and other countries? I'm sure the education in Brazil or any other country is miles better than in the United States and it's not even close. Private schools are great, public schools vary... Some are good, some are terrible. It depends on how much money they get and the effort teachers and the administration puts in. I live in a small town and i think most of the publics schools here are at least "ok", recently, 2 or 3 of them have been converted to full-time schools, so they get more money and resources. In publics schools they give you free food and geography/Portuguese/math/etc books (you have to give the book back at the end of the year). As for the actual educational system; i think it's worse than that of the US. A lot of kids don't know basic math and Portuguese, the English education is trash (i learned english by myself). I studied in both public and privates schools and i prefered my time in the private school.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 15, 2021 12:45:28 GMT 10
Does Brazil have any urban legends? Also what kind of music, fashion, food, drinks, technology, transportation, movies, TV and games are popular or commonplace in Brazil?
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Post by 10slover on Oct 15, 2021 22:39:02 GMT 10
Does Brazil have any urban legends? Also what kind of music, fashion, food, drinks, technology, transportation, movies, TV and games are popular or commonplace in Brazil? Many many many many many urban legends There's the loira do banheiro (the blonde of the bathroom) the most famous urban legends, said to be a ghost that haunts school bathrooms. Some people believe Xuxa (Brazilian musician/TV personality) has a pact with the devil, and if you play her records on reverse you can hear subliminal messages. Homem do saco (sack man) which is supposedly a guy that kidnaps children and puts them inside a sack he carries. Bixo Papão; Boogeyman Many urban legends have stories that read like a goosebumps episode but they usually have a bad or inconclusive ending There are also indigenous/regional legends like Comadre Florzinha (a spirit), Caipora (a spirit that protects the forests), Saçi perere (a spirit that likes to mess with people, he rides a dust devil) Mula sem cabeça (a woman that has been cursed into becoming a headless mule). The US doesn't have those because they genocided their indigenous population, but i digress.
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Post by 10slover on Oct 15, 2021 22:46:57 GMT 10
Also what kind of music, fashion, food, drinks, technology, transportation, movies, TV and games are popular or commonplace in Brazil? That's like... 7 questions in one lol... The most popular music genre in brazil is probably Funk (it's not the same thing as american funk, and it comes from rio de janeiro), there are many different varieties of funk (funk carioca, funk ostentacao, and currently the most popular form of funk: pisadeira). Idk how to explain funk to a gringo... Just search "bumbum tamtam" on YouTube lol Besides funk there's Forró (it comes from the northeast), pagode (not very popular anymore, but it used to be big), sertanejo (Brazilian country music, but less stupid), rap and rock are also a thing... But they are not very popular anymore.
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Post by 10slover on Oct 15, 2021 23:02:51 GMT 10
Does Brazil have any urban legends? Also what kind of music, fashion, food, drinks, technology, transportation, movies, TV and games are popular or commonplace in Brazil? Fashion... We wear less clothes than the average gringo because it's really hot here (expect in some places ofc), flip flops are popular for the same reason. It takes longer for new tech to reach Brazil, like maybe 1 or 2 years... Depending on how gimmicky or expansive it is. breakfast is usually bread with butter/egg/cheese whatever the person wants to eat, our Lunch is way... Bigger? Than american lunch, (search "Brazilian lunch" on google images), and so is our dinner. Some popular Brazilian dishes: Churrasco (the go-to party food), açai, coxinha (this one is a classic), pão de queijo (brazilian cheese-bread), feijoada (the signature Brazilian dish), cuzcuz (corn meal but actually good). Buses are by far the most common and flexible form of public transport in Brazil. All major cities have a public bus system, as well as a bus station that provides options for travelling to other cities. Most movies come from the US  The most popular TV channel in Brazil (over 100 million people watch it daily) is Globo, soap dramas are extremely popular here, the most popular soap drama of all time was definitely Avenida Brasil... Everyone watched it. Most games come from the US
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Post by ItsMichael on Oct 16, 2021 2:57:08 GMT 10
What are some tasty or common dishes that you would find in Brazil that would either be obscure or just not really well known in the U.S?
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Post by 10slover on Oct 16, 2021 3:17:53 GMT 10
What are some tasty or common dishes that you would find in Brazil that would either be obscure or just not really well known in the U.S? All the dishes i listed in the previous answer + Buxada de bode (basically goat chitlings) although this is considered an obscure dish inside brazil too since it's only popular in the northeast We put sugar on avocados. Our hot-dogs are huge, and taste like heaven 
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Post by TheUser98 on Oct 16, 2021 4:21:38 GMT 10
Can Portugese speakers vageuly understand Spanish and Italian and vice-versa being that they're all Latin languages? Or are they completely unintelligble to each other? Also, have you ever travelled to any other South American country such as Argentina or Colombia?
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Post by 10slover on Oct 16, 2021 5:16:18 GMT 10
Can Portugese speakers vageuly understand Spanish and Italian and vice-versa being that they're all Latin languages? Or are they completely unintelligble to each other? Also, have you ever travelled to any other South American country such as Argentina or Colombia? We can understand spanish easily but italian is a bit harder It is harder for Spanish speakers to understand Portuguese actually. No, i never even left the region i live in
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Post by 10slover on Oct 16, 2021 14:01:11 GMT 10
Fashion... We wear less clothes than the average gringo because it's really hot here (expect in some places ofc), flip flops are popular for the same reason. It takes longer for new tech to reach Brazil, like maybe 1 or 2 years... Depending on how gimmicky or expansive it is. breakfast is usually bread with butter/egg/cheese whatever the person wants to eat, our Lunch is way... Bigger? Than american lunch, (search "Brazilian lunch" on google images), and so is our dinner. Some popular Brazilian dishes: Churrasco (the go-to party food), açai, coxinha (this one is a classic), pão de queijo (brazilian cheese-bread), feijoada (the signature Brazilian dish), cuzcuz (corn meal but actually good). Buses are by far the most common and flexible form of public transport in Brazil. All major cities have a public bus system, as well as a bus station that provides options for travelling to other cities. Most movies come from the US The most popular TV channel in Brazil (over 100 million people watch it daily) is Globo, soap dramas are extremely popular here, the most popular soap drama of all time was definitely Avenida Brasil... Everyone watched it. Most games come from the US Oh wow. Does Brazil also get hot rain? I heard Hawaii does. Not every country seems to get the latest technology right away which is cool, so I guess touch-screen smartphones and tablets became popular in Brazil around the mid 2010s. China and Japan seems more advanced technology wise than the US. I looked up pictures for "Brazilian lunch" and wow those meals look heavy. Brazilian cheese-bread sounds yummy. It's summer all year long in the sunny regions, in the colder regions it's spring all year long. Idk really know what hot rain means... Smartphones became commonplace here sometime around 2014-2015
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Post by 10slover on Oct 16, 2021 14:08:58 GMT 10
Many many many many many urban legends There's the loira do banheiro (the blonde of the bathroom) the most famous urban legends, said to be a ghost that haunts school bathrooms. Some people believe Xuxa (Brazilian musician/TV personality) has a pact with the devil, and if you play her records on reverse you can hear subliminal messages. Homem do saco (sack man) which is supposedly a guy that kidnaps children and puts them inside a sack he carries. Bixo Papão; Boogeyman Many urban legends have stories that read like a goosebumps episode but they usually have a bad or inconclusive ending There are also indigenous/regional legends like Comadre Florzinha (a spirit), Caipora (a spirit that protects the forests), Saçi perere (a spirit that likes to mess with people, he rides a dust devil) Mula sem cabeça (a woman that has been cursed into becoming a headless mule). The US doesn't have those because they genocided their indigenous population, but i digress. Wow those sound interesting, yet scary. I wonder if Xuxa's subliminal messages are premonitions. I remember hearing about Boogeyman when I was a kid. I hate bad or inconclusive endings, but I guess that is how life works out sometimes. I should look more into these urban legends and spirits. Bonus urban legend: Boneco do fofao This doll (of a popular children's tv show character from the 90s) is said to have a knife inside it (I tried Linking a picture of the doll here but it's fucking hard to share pictures in this website) In reality the "knife" is just a part of the structure that allow the doll to stand upright
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Post by TheUser98 on Oct 30, 2021 18:02:39 GMT 10
Is Halloween celebrated in Brazil? If so, is it as big a deal here than in most western countries?
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