Travel to South America

Brazilian Portuguese: Lonely Planet Phrasebook

Format: Paperback
Author: Marcia Monje de Castro
ReleaseDate: August, 2003
Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications
Rating:

Extremely Helpful
This phrasebook proved invaluable in helping me bridge the gap, and contributed to me having an even better time, and blending in better with the locals. I just returned from a trip to Brazil, and though I know some Spanish, I had no previous exposure to Portuguese. .

Passable
Although it was overall pretty useful, there were some glaring errors in areas where there likely shouldn't have been. Beware of serious pronunciation errors in this book. Case in point, the phonetic pronunciation for tchau (goodbye) in the book is spelled out as "tee-show. " At least in Bahia, it was pronounced by the locals just like the Italian "ciao. " The word "vinte" (twenty) is spelled out "veeng-te" in the book, while again everyone we encountered in Bahia pronounced it "veen-chay. " I don't know if these are regional differences in Brazilian Portuguese, but if so, they need to at least be addressed in the book. Take care when using the phrasebook to listen to the local speakers as well.

Best Brazilian Portuguese phrase book I've found!
I can't even begin to praise this book enough. I'm just a lonely writer wanna-be in the heart of the middle of nowhere, so what do I choose to write -- a period piece of Brazil. Not only do I get phrases and words, but there are all sorts of little historical and cultural details.

I will probably never travel to Brazil, but this little book is allowing my imagination to have a trip!.

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