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Originally Posted by Katsunami
(PS: South African language is actually so close to Dutch that a South African and a Dutchman could just speak their respective languages, and still understand each other easily. Actually, to a Dutchman, South African sounds like "Dutch with the grammar of a 4-year old"  ) |
I had an office mate who described Portuguese as "Spanish with a potato jammed in your mouth".
Just quoting, not endorsing!
But I do remember an old Reader's Digest (in Spanish) article that listed a handful of easy rules for Spanish speakers to navigate Portuguese.