How I’m Learning Brazilian Portuguese | Study With Me Vlog

[@SheaJordan]

Learn languages by reading! 📚Get $200 off StoryLearning by clicking this link! storylearning.com/Shea

[@bluegirl9435]

Whenever I don't have the motivation to do my language study, your videos inspire me.

[@SheaJordan]

Aww I'm so happy to hear that!

[@multilingualphilanthropicinc]

I honestly love Jāo! Caffe is my favorite song! Brazil is known for Bossa Nova; it's jazz but with a samba touch (since that's their thing). They have some great oldies like "The Girl from Ipanema (Coisas Mas Linda), which actually inspired the Netflix short series "Coisas Mas Linda" (I highly recommend, by the way). The song is in Portuguese and English. Anything by Astud Gilberto is very good. There's also "So Nice (Summer Samba)," but I only like the version with Marcos Valle.

[@SheaJordan]

Ohhh this sounds great, thank you!

[@polyglot2023]

Brazil is must definitely not known for bossa nova lmao

[@Ace-ym3wg]

​@@polyglot2023????????????

[@teresita.lozada]

I looooove Virginia's channel. Good luck on your Brazilian Portuguese!.

[@SheaJordan]

Yes her channel has been so helpful. Thank you!! 🥰

[@ligibeam]

I think mpb (brazilian popular music) is more intelligible. Some of my favorites: Sozinho - Caetano, Telegrama - Zeca Baleiro, Epitáfio - Titãs, Boa sorte - Vanessa da Mata, João e Maria - Chico Buarque and De janeiro a janeiro - Roberta Campos. Every Brazilian knows at least 2 (maybe 3) of these songs. Btw, great video!

[@SheaJordan]

Perfect, thank you so much!

[@ederpereira8425]

Fico feliz quando eu vejo pessoas de outros países querendo aprender o português brasileiro.

[@SusanA-t1g]

Good luck with your brazilian portuguese journey! I've been studying it for a while now, and with the nasal vowels the best I can say (as a native Australian english speaker) is that it takes time for your mouth muscles (??) to get used to the sound so don't worry too much about being able to pronounce them right away, its like the rolling r in spanish and italian, you just have to keep practicing and wait for time to do its work. As for music, my teacher introduced me to "Anavitória", they are very famous and make pop-folk music. Hope you enjoy!

[@SheaJordan]

Thank you! Yeah, that makes sense! And thank you for the music suggestion!!

[@adritfranca]

Aiii que linda, estou muito orgulhosa de você. ❤ I've been following your channel since the beginning, and never thought about the possibility of you learning my native language.

[@SheaJordan]

Thank you! It’s really fun to learn. Pronunciation is difficult but I really like it!

[@andi_nm]

Hi Shea. I'm so happy you decided to continue with your Brazilian Portuguese studies! I'm excited to see more study vlogs and things like that on your channel. To answer your question...yes, we can absolutely understand what you're saying even if you don't nail the nasal sounds, it's nothing that causes real misunderstandings, just some funny situations (like the famous pau/pão one lol) In terms of music, I don't really know what you're into but you mention that sometimes you like slower/calmer songs so with that in mind, you might like some Caetano Veloso. He's a very famous and respected Brazilian artist, although not necessarily a "current" one. I'm gonna let a few songs here from some different artists if you wanna check it out. Você Não Me Ensinou a Te Esquecer - Caetano Veloso Mais Uma Vez - Renato Russo Por Onde Andei - Nando Reis Malandragem - Cássia Eller Pra Ser Sincero - Engenheiros Do Hawaii À Sua Maneira - Capital Inicial (they're a rock band, but it's more of a chill vibe) Encostar na Tua - Ana Carolina all of these artists are incredibly known in BR but they're not necessarily modern, as in they're not what you'd hear on the radio, but everybody knows them to some extent. For more modern ones with more of a "chill" vibe Jão, WD, and Giulia Be are the only ones I'm more familiar with. I need to listen to more modern Brazilian music, I'm out of the loop lol Anyways, hope this helps a little, and sorry for the long ass comment. :)

[@SheaJordan]

Perfect, thank you so much for these suggestions! I really appreciate it, can't wait to listen!

[@nascimentomoreira9668]

For your green eye you can hear 'raça negra' exalta samba' tiaguinho', for your blue eye sertanejo universitário 'edson e udson' henrique e juliano', for your nose 'kondzilla' its a music channel and for your mouth 'boca loka' e 'fala mansa' it's pagode and forró universitário, brazilian rithm. put in a playlists on youtube like: "playlist das melhores do samba, do pagode, do sertanejo universitário, forró universitário, etc. Listen in background doing your things, check those you most like The ã sounds like 'un' in understand and repeat un un un un 😂😢😅 p-un-oo pão, the 'o' and 'e' in the end of each word sounds like oo in boo, and ee in deep :3

[@biancagador]

Eu tambem! Eu aprendendo Portugues e comecei aprender Portugues ha 2 semanas.

[@RubyDuran]

It's so awesome how you've started Portuguese as your next language! Currently, I've taken a pause on some of my languages and I'm focused on my current two I know best. All the best on your learning journey!!!

[@SheaJordan]

Thanks! Sometimes a pause/break is good!

[@kennedySiqueira]

Hello, I am brazilian and try learn english (very dificult 😢). Congratulations per is learning portuguese, is a language very dificult, here the accent change betwen states hahaha In Minas Gerais until me have dificult of understand. Sorry if write wrong 🙏

[@vitoriac.v]

I would recommend you listen to calmer music like Ana Vitória's songs or MPB

[@iAmJoshC]

I admire your commitment to learn new languages (i personally would like to learn Dutch and Scandinavian languages but I am not a very big fan of self teaching. I would prefer to find a teacher or a physical course but it’s hard to find one ). Anyways, as a 🇧🇷🇮🇹 (I Live in Torino) I can already tell you are very good at learning because in some other videos you speak Italian very well . Keep up with it :)

[@stephanielouise5851]

I love your channel and I'm super happy to know that you are learning the Brazilian portuguese. I am 🇧🇷 and i cant wait to see your progress, congratulacions, honey. You are doing well.

[@SheaJordan]

Aww thank you so much! I really appreciate kind comments like these 🥰

[@nextlifetimebrendan3940]

Omg I don’t speak Portuguese but love Brazilian Portuguese r&b, I’d recommend Gloria Groove “affair” EP, fat family “retratos” album, YOÙN songs Se Foi / BXD IN JAZZ album, also purple Tokyo mixtape, and then Meu Talisma and Sem Filtro by IZA.

[@SheaJordan]

Thanks so much for the recommendations!

[@itslucasalmeida]

I recommend you to listen MELIM, it is a band of two brothers and a sister. They have chill songs and I truely think you will like them.

[@SheaJordan]

Oooh perfect, thank you!

[@bullanguages]

Amazinggg! Brazilian here 🇧🇷 ❤

[@SheaJordan]

Thank you! 💕🎊

[@mairasotero6161]

If you would still like to know more on Brazilian music, you can start looking for "Bossa Nova". I think it's more "chill" like you wanted. And my first recommendation would be Vanessa da Mata's song Good Luck that has verses both in portuguese and English. Hope you like it, if so please make a video on it!

[@suellenkretz937]

Hi! You could try Marisa Monte Eu gosto de vc Velha infância Zé Ramalho Chão de giz Almir Sater Tocando em Frente Those are not party songs I am not sure they are easy to understand but they are nice ones in my opinion

[@SheaJordan]

Thank you, I appreciate this so much!

[@suellenkretz937]

@@SheaJordan Happy to help. If you need more help feel free to ask

[@jeffalves3566]

Any song by titãs, capital inicial, charlie brown jr...

[@gabewanderer322]

Hello Shea, a few songs that I recommend are Pra não dizer que não falei das flores by Geraldo Vandré Encontros e Despedidas by Maria Rita Oração Ao Tempo by Caetano Veloso They're all slow songs. Very beautiful. Maybe you'll like them. :)

[@SheaJordan]

Perfect, thank you! Can't wait to listen!

[@isabella-ll3xo]

try the album "o terno" is super easy to understand

[@SheaJordan]

Perfect, thank you!

[@estouaquipraaprender]

My Brazilian music sugestions for you. Just copy the names and listen to them here on youtube: Eu quero o sol nesse jardim - Catedral É preciso saber viver - Titãs CAPITAL INICIAL | PRIMEIROS ERROS (CHOVE) - ACÚSTICO MTV CAPITAL INICIAL | TUDO QUE VAI - ACÚSTICO MTV Fotos na Estante (Versão Estúdio) - Skank O que não se pode explicar aos normais - Catedral Uma canção de amor pra você - Catedral Pais e filhos - Legião Urbana Vou deixar - Skank

[@patfromamboy]

I’ve been studying Portuguese for 9.5 years now and I’ve visited Brasil 18 times but I still can’t read or converse and I have to translate everything into English to understand. I’ve been practicing every day with my girlfriend who only speaks Portuguese and we’ve been practicing for 6.5 years now but I still can’t understand her.

[@sdadasda-p5m]

Acho que estou apaixonado ♥

[@nicolelazotravel]

Hi Shea! The story promo sounds interesting! Is there a way I can find your Italian Spotify playlist? Thanks!

[@SheaJordan]

Yes, here’s the Italian playlist: open.spotify.com/playlist/7bBsHVQL4NdZrCRlses34R?si=yYL5_a0IS-i8s0VvC8Kk7g&pi=e-s6N2Fr0QSpSU

[@nicolelazotravel]

@@SheaJordan thank you!

[@Bailatinao]

Listen to Melody's music

[@polarbearseverywheres]

How do you track vocabulary from top 1000 frequency words vs new words you see from reading short stories? This is something I struggle with. Do you keep two decks for example, and study each 15 min a day? Love your videos, thank you so much for the information. It's so helpful to hear how you start studying a new language.

[@stoic543]

I have been learning English for the past 6 months by consuming American media what if i switch to British media ,would it affect my pronunciation?

[@SheaJordan]

Yeah I don’t think it will, only if you’re shadowing or practicing the new accent, but listening to another accent won’t change your own.

[@heltonjaime2870]

Hello, I'm trying to learn English on my own. Do you want to learn Brazilian Portuguese? I'm Brazilian. Let's talk through an app using audio or video calls. You help me and I'll help you.🎉

[@verapincerato7327]

Hi Shea, I am very interested in speaking a good English. I am brasilian (live in São Paulo) and would feel very happy if you could find some 10-20 minutes a week for we both to speak. I am sure I could be of help in portuguese and would be great for me to speak and understand you in English. What do you say?

[@darioxbrow9223]

I wanna study Portuguese too. What resources are you using? Amazing video

[@SheaJordan]

Right now I'm just using the ones in this video, so that KZbin channel I was watching as well as some others, StoryLearning has been really helpful, and Quizlet for vocab.

[@PlainPortuguese]

Hi Shea! Congratulations on your commitment to learning Brazilian Portuguese! I loved hearing your tips and experiences, especially about the importance of maintaining a flexible and fun study pace. Portuguese really is an amazing and nuanced language, so it's great to see dedicated people like you sharing their progress. If you need more tips on the sounds and pronunciation of Brazilian Portuguese, take a look here #plainportuguese, there is a lot of material on this, including nasal sounds. Good luck on your journey with Portuguese!