August 4

Spanish to Portuguese is a difficult transition

I'm not aiming for fluent, I have a simpler mission

Just a rough understanding about what is going on

To catch a wisp of meaning before the sentence is gone

It's the 'g' sound you see, almost every 'd' is a hidden 'g'

And the greeting sounds rude - hello is 'oi'

It's extremely foreign, giving someone an 'oi' with a smile

I'll get there no doubt but it's going to take a while