1 00:00:00,730 --> 00:00:03,316 [english] Hey, guys! My name is João Pedro Ribeiro 2 00:00:03,316 --> 00:00:05,792 I'm 20, I live in Campos do Jordão, 3 00:00:05,792 --> 00:00:06,992 in São Paulo, Brazil. 4 00:00:07,442 --> 00:00:10,422 I study journalism, I... I... 5 00:00:10,452 --> 00:00:15,707 work as a temp at a local, small, TV station in Taubaté 6 00:00:15,707 --> 00:00:25,256 and I love the world of broadcasting, news, journalism itself and languages. 7 00:00:25,470 --> 00:00:29,990 I don't... I can't really explain why I like those, but I... 8 00:00:30,320 --> 00:00:35,760 I love english, I also speak a bunch of other languages: 9 00:00:35,760 --> 00:00:43,660 my native language, which is portuguese, spanish, and a little bit of italian. 10 00:00:43,660 --> 00:00:50,463 But english is my main focus, because I also work as an english teacher 11 00:00:50,463 --> 00:00:55,735 I help people who struggle with the english language 12 00:00:55,735 --> 00:01:01,935 and that's a profession, that's a job that I love. 13 00:01:02,655 --> 00:01:07,528 [portuguese] I speak portuguese, it's my mother tongue, 14 00:01:07,552 --> 00:01:11,662 and I like portuguese a lot, all the other languages too, 15 00:01:11,662 --> 00:01:14,270 but I like portuguese a lot, and... 16 00:01:14,387 --> 00:01:17,007 since I live in the inland region of São Paulo, 17 00:01:17,138 --> 00:01:20,228 I've lived in the south region of Minas Gerais too, I... 18 00:01:20,359 --> 00:01:25,636 I have a slight accent from these places. 19 00:01:25,714 --> 00:01:30,644 It's not like the people from the city of São Paulo, 20 00:01:30,644 --> 00:01:32,444 that say 'porrta' (trill 'r'). 21 00:01:32,637 --> 00:01:34,897 This, for us here in Campos do Jordão, 22 00:01:34,897 --> 00:01:39,757 is something unnatural, you don't hear many people speaking this way 23 00:01:39,984 --> 00:01:41,509 here in Campos and Taubaté 24 00:01:42,139 --> 00:01:44,009 but, uh... 25 00:01:44,099 --> 00:01:47,039 here we say 'porta' (retroflex 'r'), and... 26 00:01:47,160 --> 00:01:51,000 and we also 'eat' a lot the final syllables of words, like: 27 00:01:51,158 --> 00:01:54,338 'por-de casa', 'por-do quarto' 28 00:01:55,826 --> 00:01:57,098 there are other examples, 29 00:01:57,098 --> 00:01:59,995 I don't remember them now, but there surely are more. 30 00:02:00,075 --> 00:02:01,355 Anyway... 31 00:02:02,175 --> 00:02:07,355 I really like portuguese, and... that's it! 32 00:02:07,838 --> 00:02:10,647 [spanish] I speak a little bit of spanish too 33 00:02:10,647 --> 00:02:16,507 I learned, and I did not study it like I studied english 34 00:02:16,507 --> 00:02:19,755 but, [he repeats] I didn't study it like I studied english 35 00:02:19,755 --> 00:02:25,495 but I have the opportunity to practice it with friends of Argentina. 36 00:02:25,501 --> 00:02:30,311 I wish that, hopefully, someday I'll go to Argentina... 37 00:02:30,464 --> 00:02:32,254 and soon. 38 00:02:32,496 --> 00:02:39,536 But... it's a language that I kind of learned by immersion. 39 00:02:39,931 --> 00:02:46,551 Even if I never went to Argentina, it's something I always use with friends, 40 00:02:46,551 --> 00:02:49,981 with the people I know from Argentina. 41 00:02:49,981 --> 00:02:53,351 I have friends from Buenos Aires, and Mar del Plata. 42 00:02:53,708 --> 00:02:58,628 And also, since I like journalism, I've always been 43 00:02:59,466 --> 00:03:08,046 sort of paying attention to the media of Argentina 44 00:03:08,581 --> 00:03:14,811 and that's a thing I like, you know? It's a way of practicing the languages 45 00:03:14,857 --> 00:03:19,089 that one speaks, that one knows, and that's it. 46 00:03:19,429 --> 00:03:26,149 The only thing I wanted to say is that I'm tired of staying in Brazil for so long 47 00:03:26,211 --> 00:03:33,124 I never left Brazil, and I hope that I may leave Brazil, 48 00:03:33,124 --> 00:03:35,024 not to leave forever, 49 00:03:35,024 --> 00:03:38,984 but that I may travel abroad, 50 00:03:38,984 --> 00:03:41,356 and that's what I hope. 51 00:03:41,595 --> 00:03:44,875 Very well! That's pretty much all. 52 00:03:45,125 --> 00:03:47,635 Thanks for watching this video, 53 00:03:47,916 --> 00:03:50,376 it makes me really happy. 54 00:03:50,653 --> 00:03:53,303 [english] Thanks for watching this video 55 00:03:53,343 --> 00:03:56,503 [portuguese] and thank you for watching!