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			<h1>How to Speak Portuguese</h1>
			<p>Begin Your Journey Learning How to Speak Portuguese With Rosetta Stone</p>
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			<h2>Learn Portuguese</h2>
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					<a href="/buy-portuguese/" target="_blank">Learn Portuguese</a>
					 and join the conversation with over 220 million native speakers across the globe. 
					 From Portugal to Brazil to Mozambique, learning Portuguese will expand your world more broadly in business and in culture. As the ninth most powerful language in the world, Portuguese speakers, also called “Lusophones,” are nicely situated among the likes of other economic heavyweights like German and Japanese (ranking seventh and eighth, respectively). Speaking Portuguese gives you access to the millions of Lusophones who are fluent in the second most-spoken Romance language in the world. 
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					English speakers will find that learning Portuguese is not as difficult to learn as it sounds. Portuguese grammar and sentence structures are simplified compared to English, and many Portuguese language learners find that the Portuguese accent is easier to produce than a Spanish accent. English and Portuguese also share deep Latin roots. Because of these shared origins, you’ll quickly discover that many words sound similar to English and have the same meaning—also called cognates. These cognates can give you a huge advantage when it comes to speaking Portuguese quickly and confidently.
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					Take this sentence for example: “Animais não são permitidos no restaurante.” 
					The sentence is made up almost entirely of 
					<a href="https://www.rosettastone.com/translate/" target="_blank">Portuguese-English cognates</a>. Let’s break it down. 
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					<i>Animais</i> / Animals <br>
					<i>não são</i> / are not <br>
					<i>permitidos</i> / allowed (permitted) <br>
					<i>>no</i> / at the <br>
					<i>restaurante</i> / restaurant
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					If we put it all together, we have, “Animals are not allowed in the restaurant.” 
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					Not only is Portuguese relatively quick to pick up and begin speaking, understanding it gives you a huge advantage in understanding other Romance languages like French, Italian, and Spanish.
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					At Rosetta Stone, we understand that the goal of learning Portuguese is to feel confident enough to speak the language and to understand it in real-world situations. That’s why our Portuguese program focuses on learning both spoken and written Brazilian Portuguese in context, using audio and visual cues to help build a language learning program that gets you speaking Portuguese from the very first lesson.
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			<h2>Which countries speak Portuguese?</h2>
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					Portuguese is spoken across the world. It is an official language of Portugal, of course, and also Brazil, Mozambique, Angola, Cape Verde, the Republic of Guinea-Bissau, São Tomé and Príncipe, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, and Macau (China). As the result of expansion during colonial times, a cultural presence of Portuguese and Portuguese-creole speakers are also found in India, Sri Lanka, some Indonesian islands, parts of Malaysia, and in areas of the Caribbean.
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					Rosetta Stone focuses on teaching Brazilian Portuguese. Português do Brasil is spoken by virtually all of the 200 million inhabitants of Brazil and spoken widely across the Brazilian diaspora, today consisting of about two million Brazilians who have emigrated to other countries. Pronunciation can be one of the trickier aspects of learning Portuguese for beginners, but don't worry because Rosetta Stone's patented speech recognition engine, called TruAccent, provides instant confirmation that you're speaking correctly. It compares your voice to that of native speakers, providing feedback and helping you improve your ability to speak and understand Portuguese.
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			<h2>Tips that Can Help You Learn to Speak French With Confidence</h2>
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				<p>There are no shortcuts in the journey to learning a new language. But there are tips that can help make the most of your time and methods that can boost your learning. Rather than rushing to cram learners full of words to memorize Rosetta Stone focuses on speaking with confidence so you can have actual conversations with native speakers in real-world situations.</p>

				<p>Here are a few tips for getting the most out of your language learning experience.</p>

				<p><strong>1: Start with useful, practical French phrases.</strong><br>From your very first lesson, Rosetta Stone sets the stage with <a href="https://www.rosettastone.com/blog/5-french-phrases-you-should-learn-before-visiting-the-eiffel-tower/" target="_blank">common phrases taught in real-world settings</a>. These bite-sized lessons are framed with audio and visuals that provide cues for memorization and contextual learning. Rosetta Stone also offers Phrasebook, a handy virtual guide packed with the useful questions and responses you’ll need when having a conversation in French.</p>

				<p><strong>2: Practice learning and speaking French vocabulary in context.</strong><br>Vocabulary acquisition isn’t enough to help you speak with confidence. You need holistic learning that focuses on using words in context and teaches the connections between phrases and the nuances of the language. That’s why Rosetta Stone structures lessons around topics like eating out, greetings, and shopping to help you gain the basic building blocks of a conversation and scale towards speaking French comfortably.</p>

				<p><strong>3: Immerse yourself in French.</strong><br>Even if you’re not able to spend your day in the company of native speakers, immersing yourself in French isn’t difficult. Follow a recipe from a French cookbook, <a href="https://www.rosettastone.com/blog/learn-french-with-these-shows-podcasts-playlists-and-more/" target="_blank">watch movies in French</a> with the subtitles turned off, or <a href="https://www.rosettastone.com/blog/7-books-to-read-before-you-go-to-paris/" target="_blank">read a book in French</a>. In the same way that traveling to a French country can accelerate your learning, surrounding yourself with a language on a daily basis can help your brain pick up vocabulary more quickly.</p>

				<p><strong>4: Speak French every day.</strong><br>Practice makes perfect. Not only will committing to speak French daily give you plenty of time to review and practice, it’ll also help you become more accustomed to French culture. Rosetta Stone makes it convenient to incorporate learning French into your daily schedule by offering bite-sized lessons that sync across devices so you can learn on the go.</p>
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			<h1>Ways to Learn to Speak French</h1>
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				<p>You’ve seen the ads and wondered if it’s true. Can you really learn French for free in just a few minutes a day? Like most things, if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. Learning a language takes commitment but that doesn’t mean it has to be a chore. There are several ways to approach language learning and some methods do have better results than others.</p>
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			<h2>Learning to Speak French Online</h2>
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				<p>While it’s true that you can probably pick up a few French phrases online, learning to speak French with confidence is a more serious endeavor. It’s important to feel confident enough with the pronunciation and sentence structures to be able to hold a conversation in a real-world situation. And that is going to require getting beyond vocabulary acquisition and into practicing and applying the basics of the French language.</p>

				<p>Rosetta Stone has expertise in language learning and recognizes that learning French online requires a holistic approach. That’s why from the very first lesson you’ll encounter immersive experiences that focus on pronunciation and context, building your confidence towards having impromptu conversations with native speakers. Rosetta Stone is also designed with the busy language learner in mind, structuring units around bite-sized lessons that let you take learning on the go with an award-winning mobile app.</p>
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			<h2>French Learning Software</h2>
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				<p>Ideally, a language learning program should be flexible, allowing you to learn to speak French whenever and wherever you have a few minutes to spare. That’s why Rosetta Stone’s online apps and lessons are combined with a robust French language learning software that allows learners to download lessons for offline learning, backs up to the cloud, and syncs across all devices. That way, you can pick up learning how to speak in French exactly where you left off.</p>
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			<h2>Benefits of Learning to Speak French</h2>
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				<p>French immersion has become increasingly popular, but containing language learning to classroom environments can be inefficient and costly. Being able to incorporate French into all aspects of your daily life and to take learning on the go accelerates your comfort with the language. And when you have an adaptive French language learning program from Rosetta Stone, you won’t be tethered to the expertise of one instructor. You’ll have a program designed by linguists and refined by over 25 years of language learning experience.</p>
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			<h1>Benefits of Learning to Speak French</h1>
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				<p>Learning a language has lots of practical benefits, especially if you plan to travel or study abroad. But language learning can also open doors to opportunities in your professional and personal life that you might not have otherwise considered. Rosetta Stone understands that when it comes to learning how to speak French, it’s about the journey and not the destination.</p>

				<p>Learning to speak, read, and understand French is about much more than the practicality of being bilingual. It’s also about the power of being able to understand and connect with others through language. Here are more ways learning how to speak French can enrich your life.</p>

				<h3>Learning to speak French can help you in the kitchen</h3>
				<p>Any chefs worth their salt will tell you that French cuisine is the cornerstone of culinary expertise. Learning the language can help you decipher those traditional recipes in your own kitchen and conquer the enviable world of the French pâtisserie.</p>

				<h3>French is widely spoken and has a foothold on five continents</h3>
				<p>As we discussed previously, due to colonization and the fact that French was the language of the nobility for several hundred years, the language has an extensive presence across the world. It’s the only other language besides English that is spoken on five continents.</p>

				<h3>Learning to speak French can provide cultural insights</h3>
				<p>Learning a language can provide the key to <a href="https://www.rosettastone.com/blog/words-beyond-translation-retrouvailles/" target="_blank">unlocking cultural insights</a>, helping to broaden your perspective and increase tolerance. And that insight extends beyond France and French culture. For instance, gaining an appreciation of French standards for courtesy might help you to understand nuances of greetings in other European cultures.</p>

				<h3>Learning French can open the door to new opportunities</h3>
				<p>Learning any language has the ability to increase career opportunities, including having some tangible financial benefits. Speaking French may also help you explore other professional or personal endeavors abroad that you may not have previously considered, including wading into that internship with a fashion magazine or taking a culinary class from a French master chef.</p>
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			<a href="/learn-french/" target='_blank'>Learn French</a>
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