{"id":8233,"date":"2019-03-31T22:20:51","date_gmt":"2019-03-31T22:20:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/?p=8233"},"modified":"2019-03-30T22:45:01","modified_gmt":"2019-03-30T22:45:01","slug":"a-foreigners-experience-in-brazil-an-interview-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/a-foreigners-experience-in-brazil-an-interview-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"A foreigner&#8217;s experience in Brazil &#8211; An interview II"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ol\u00e1 a todos! Hello to all! Como voc\u00eas t\u00eam passado? How have you been doing?<\/p>\n<p>As Portuguese learners, it is likely that some of you have considered the possibility of coming to Brazil someday. Some of you might even be already. If so, what is it like? Based on this curiosity, I have conducted a series of short interviews with foreign colleagues who decided to start their lives here and asked them to share their opinions and impressions of the country. Some of them have recently moved, others have lived here for over ten years. What matters is each story is unique yet very informative on what it is like being here. Today&#8217;s interview will feature Alexander Eick.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8234\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8234\" class=\"wp-image-8234\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2019\/03\/alex-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2019\/03\/alex-299x350.png 299w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2019\/03\/alex.png 403w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-8234\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alexander Eick<\/p><\/div>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">Name:\u00a0<strong><span class=\"il\">Alexander Eick<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">Place of Origin: Germany<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">Current City: Belo Horizonte, Brazil<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">Occupation: English Teacher<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">Your college education: Engineering<\/h3>\n<p><strong>1) Qual foi o aspecto mais desafiador da sua vinda ao Brasil? <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>O aspecto mais desafiador de vir ao Brasil para mim foi a burocracia. Eu nunca tinha certeza do que eu tinha que solicitar e onde fazer isso. Tudo fica muito confuso e se voc\u00ea n\u00e3o fala Portugu\u00eas voc\u00ea est\u00e1 basicamente ferrado. Al\u00e9m disso, achei desafiador sobreviver em uma pequena cidade com quase nenhum conhecimento Portugu\u00eas.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>(<strong>What was the most challenging aspect about your coming to Brazil?<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>The most challenging aspect of coming to Brazil for me was the burocracy. I was never really sure what I had apply for and where do I do that. It all seems quiet confusing and if you don\u00b4t speak Portuguese you are basically screwed. Furthermore did I find it challenging surviving in a small village with next to no Portuguese knowledge)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>2) Qual \u00e9 o seu processo de aprendizado em portugu\u00eas?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Quando cheguei aqui pela primeira vez n\u00e3o falava portugu\u00eas, nem espanhol ou qualquer outra l\u00edngua latina. Fiz um curso intensivo de 1 m\u00eas que me ensinou o b\u00e1sico, mas realmente n\u00e3o me ajudou muito no meu dia a dia, tamb\u00e9m porque eu falava muito ingl\u00eas com meus colegas. (Eu sei, foi meu erro &#8230;) Ent\u00e3o, depois de 6 meses eu sa\u00ed do Brasil com muito pouco conhecimento de Portugu\u00eas. Quando voltei vim para BH e juntei-me ao time de handebol da universidade, o que me ajudou muito com o a Escuta e a Fala, j\u00e1 que naturalmente todos falavam portugu\u00eas. Mais tarde fiz cursos de portugu\u00eas na UFMG e falei cada vez mais no meu dia a dia, o que ajudou muito. Ent\u00e3o, sempre tente se cercar de pessoas que falam o idioma que voc\u00ea quer aprender.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>(<strong>What is your Portuguese learning process?<\/strong> <\/em>\u00a0<em>When I\u00a0first came here spoke no Portuguese, nor Spanish or any other latin language. I did a 1 month crash course which taught me the very basics but didn\u00b4t really help me for my day to day life, as well because I spoke a lot of English with my fellow students. (I know, it was my own mistake&#8230;..) So after 6 month I left Brasil with very little Portuguese knowledge. When I came back I came to BH and I joined the university handball team, which helped me a lot with Listening and Speaking, since they would naturally all speak Portuguese. Later on I did Portuguese courses at UFMG and I spoke more and more in my daily life, which helped a lot. So, always try to surround you with people who speak the language you want to learn.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>3) Do que voc\u00ea mais gosta no pa\u00eds?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Eu gosto mais das pessoas no Brasil. Todos geralmente s\u00e3o muito amig\u00e1veis e sempre tentam ajudar. Mesmo quando eu ainda n\u00e3o falava portugu\u00eas e eles n\u00e3o falavam ingl\u00eas, estranhos tentavam me ajudar onde quer que eles pudessem. O povo brasileiro \u00e9 muito acolhedor.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>(<strong>What do you like the most about the country?<\/strong> I like the people the most about Brazil. Everybody is usually very friendly and always tries to help. Even when I didn\u00b4t speak Portuguese yet and they didn\u00b4t speak a word of English strangers tried to help me where ever they could. Brazilian people are very welcoming)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>4) O que voc\u00ea acha dos brasileiros at\u00e9 agora?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Os brasileiros s\u00e3o muito receptivos e amig\u00e1veis. Mas \u00e0s vezes eles valorizam muito os estrangeiros e os pa\u00edses estrangeiros. Tipo, eles sempre acham que tudo fora do Brasil \u00e9 muito melhor, mas eu n\u00e3o acho que as coisas aqui no Brasil s\u00e3o t\u00e3o ruins. Todo pa\u00eds tem seus problemas!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>(<strong>How do Brazilians strike you so far? <\/strong>Brazilians are very welcoming and friendly. But sometimes they value foreigners and foreign countries too much. Like, they always think everything outside Brazil is much better, but I don\u00b4t think things here in Brazil are so bad. Every country has its problems!)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>5) Que conselhos voc\u00ea tem para pessoas interessadas em se mudar para o Brasil?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Venham, mas talvez aprendam conhecimentos b\u00e1sico de portugu\u00eas primeiro. Foi muito dif\u00edcil sem falar portugues, mesmo no aeroporto internacional. E realmente pense sobre o que voc\u00ea quer fazer aqui, tendo em mente que o Brasil est\u00e1 enfrentando tempos dif\u00edceis e os empregos nem sempre s\u00e3o t\u00e3o abundantes quanto se poderia desejar.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>(<strong>What advice do you have for people interested in moving to Brazil?<\/strong> Do it, but maybe get some basic Portuguese knowledge first. It was really hard without any Portuguese, even at the international airport. And really think about what you want to do here, keeping in mind that Brazil is facing troubled times and jobs are not always as plentyful as one would wish)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>What about you? Share your thoughts on the comment section!<\/p>\n<p>Uma boa semana! Have a good week!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"299\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2019\/03\/alex-299x350.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2019\/03\/alex-299x350.png 299w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2019\/03\/alex.png 403w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 299px) 100vw, 299px\" \/><p>Ol\u00e1 a todos! Hello to all! Como voc\u00eas t\u00eam passado? How have you been doing? As Portuguese learners, it is likely that some of you have considered the possibility of coming to Brazil someday. Some of you might even be already. If so, what is it like? 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