{"id":1378,"date":"2010-08-10T08:36:12","date_gmt":"2010-08-10T08:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/?p=1378"},"modified":"2010-08-09T22:45:38","modified_gmt":"2010-08-09T22:45:38","slug":"travelling-portuguese-essentials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/travelling-portuguese-essentials\/","title":{"rendered":"Travelling Portuguese Essentials"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hola from Barcelona!!<\/p>\n<p>This is my second time ever in a country where I don&#8217;t speak the language and the first time was in Argentina where everyone spoke Portuguese anyway because of all the Brazilian tourists and I also had my friend who speaks fluent Spanish with me&#8230;\u00a0\u00a0 I mean, I speak sooomme <em>castellano <\/em>and understand a lot&#8230; but still:\u00a0 I now know how you all feel intimitated if you&#8217;re thinking about going to Lusophone country.\u00a0 Therefore, I decided to write today&#8217;s post on how to get around in a Portuguese speaking country when you speak <em>s\u00f3 um pouco de portugu\u00eas <\/em>with a few important phrases I&#8217;ve had to use in my past couple of days in Spain.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <em>Como chega no\/na <\/em>(name of tourist attraction) &#8211; How do I get to&#8230; ?<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<em> Quanto custa isto?\u00a0 &#8211;<\/em> How much does this cost?<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8211; Para que lado fica <\/em>(tourist attraction)? &#8211; Which way to &#8230;?<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8211; O que \u00e9 (tem dentro de)<\/em> (name of food you don&#8217;t recognize? &#8211; What is (in) &#8230;. ?<\/p>\n<div><em>&#8211; Qual metr\u00f4\/\u00f4nibus vai para <\/em>(where you need to go)?\u00a0<em> Para que lado fica? <\/em>&#8211; Which subway or bus line goes to&#8230; Which way?<\/div>\n<p>&#8211;<em> Com licen\u00e7a, voc\u00ea pode me ajudar (me dar uma informa\u00e7ao) por favor? &#8211; <\/em>Excuse me, can you help me (give me some information) please?<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8211; Voc\u00ea tem este (clothing\/shoes) em (size)? <\/em>&#8211; Do you have this in this size?<\/p>\n<p>I think those are the basics I&#8217;ve used all day here!\u00a0 Anything else you can think of that I can help you with?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hola from Barcelona!! 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