Learning how to think in Portuguese is a big challenge for a lot of people. It’s not something that’s going to happen overnight, but it will happen if you put in consistent effort towards it.
Here’s a video with a quick tip about the approach you should take to learning how to think in Portuguese.
The most important thing you can do to start learning how to think in Portuguese is to die. You have to kill your American [or British, Australian, German, etc] identity to make room for your Brazilian identity.
You have all sorts of assumptions and preconceived notions about the world around you based on the country that you came from. You need to kill the identity where all of those come from and make room for your Brazilian identity.
Imagine yourself as a Brazilian child. A Brazilian child doesn’t know anything about the world. They just go through the world and discover things piece by piece. That is what you have to do when you’re learning Portuguese.
Start by imitating little words here and there. Star
