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Why Some Portuguese Kids Only Speak Brazilian
Is not supposed to be the same language?
“There are Portuguese children who only speak Brazilian”
“Há crianças portuguesas que só falam ‘brasileiro’”
Dizem grama em vez de relva, autocarro é ônibus, rebuçado é bala, riscas são listras e leite está na geladeira em vez de no frigorífico. from dn.pt
“riscas são listras” = stripes.
Educators notice it especially after the confinement, due to many hours of exposure to content made by Brazilian YouTubers. The opinions of parents, teachers, and specialists are divided between concern and those who relativize it, as they consider it to be a phase, as happened with soap operas.
Loose expressions or total speech?
“Right now we are in a treatment process as if it were an addiction. We explained everything to him, he couldn’t see because this only harms him. And we already noticed that he is much better. What we try to do now is play more with him, we blocked some content, we just left Netflix and everything in Portuguese from Portugal”, said the mother of a Portuguese boy.
