Olá!
I've been trying to learn Portuguese for a while now. I'm using some learning apps and computer software where mostly the Portuguese taught is Brazilian Portuguese.
In addition to the software I've been practicing Portuguese with my Angolan colleagues.
But however, I've noticed something strange. I have one Portuguese coworker ( he is from Portugal) and when he speaks, even the very easy and common phrases that I already know, I find it difficult to understand him.
One angolan coworker told me that even they can't sometimes understand what the Portuguese people say.
Is this true? Is the difference between the accents between Portugal and Angola this big?
Although I've already studied 3 languages (English, Persian and Russian), I never tried to learn any of these languages in a short time. Now, I want to learn German, and I want to learn it as soon as possible :)
I'm trying to learn German everyday for several hours, but after certain amount of time studying, I'm starting to notice that everything I learn will be stuck in my short-term memory and I'd forget it all the next day.
So i wast to know whether you face such problem while learning foreign languages? How many hours a day is considered OK so that you'll actually learn new things and not just memorize for a couple of hours?
