I found a language partner on Mixxer but the person speaks Mozambiquan Portuguese. I intend to move to Portugal in a couple years and am currently speaking at a high A1. The person is about the same level of English, which is great - I think we can help one another, but I don’t know how different Portuguese from Mozambique is from European Portuguese. I worry this might mess me up quite a bit since I’m so early in learning. Anyone with more experience and knowledge of dialects want to weigh in?
@yayfornick, Mozambican Portuguese uses European Portuguese as their reference/baseline, so I’m confident it won’t be an issue to study with this partner at this stage. I’m not deeply acquainted with the unique features of the Mozambican variant (the Mozambicans I know in Portugal just speak like everyone else here, which is a good sign for you), but I’d assume that locally, they might mix up words from any other of their several languages, and generally have a more open/articulated pronunciation than what you’d hear from a Portuguese person. Just ask them to be careful to avoid any vocabulary/slang that is really specific to Mozambique, or to make it known to you when they do use it, and you should be good to go
Thanks Joseph! That’s good to hear. We’ve been messaging and becoming friends so I’m glad we can work together! Maybe I’ll file away some good slang to connect with Mozambiquan peeps in Portugal later too.
