Seems I understand snippets of spoken Portuguese. You might too!

David creates a new calendar every year. For his 2023 calendar, he selected twelve quotes from my memoir, Ready to Come About, one for each month.

This past summer, my memoir was released as a European Portuguese audio book, De Vela Ao Vento.

Below are some of the quotes David selected from Ready to Come About for his calendar, accompanied by the Portuguese audio clips of the same passages from De Vela Ao Vento.

To my surprise, I could understand many of the spoken Portuguese words and phrases – me, a non-Portuguese speaking person – when I read along in English. Maybe it’s because the Portuguese translation is faithful to the original script. Or maybe it’s because Eliana’s narration is so emotionally true, and clear, and clean. Or maybe it’s all of the above. Who knows. But it worked like magic.

Try it! I think you too will be amazed! You might even find yourself singing along at the end!