Learning Spanish...

Different Phases of learning spanish, by a portuguese:

1. Ah, Spanish is so similar to Portuguese. I am sure I just have to change the ending of my words a little bit and everything will be alright. Just like Coca Cuela instead of Coca Cola :)
2. Humm.. Now that I am here maybe it is a little bit more different than what I would expect. Lets change the "I am sure I will understand 90% of what they are saying" to a 60% when they are talking professionally wise and 30% of informal talks.
3. Damn. I am not getting it! In 10 sentences I only understand one word: "Vale"?
4. Wait. I can actually speak it. Just need to keep talking portuguese, change the accent into spanish, and say "vale" around 3 times in every sentence.
5. Good. "Vale" word is actually the key for speaking spanish.
6. Oops. Maybe not exactly. Damn verbs!!
7. Wait again.. I now understand things much better.. Humm, 80% now! Not that bad. I didnt even do anything!
8. Understanding is ok now. Need to improve speaking now.
9. Quieres una Coca Cuela? :)
10. Important Note: Speak all english words, used during normal conversation (like outsourcing/job description/...) with spanish accent, otherwise they will not understand it.
11. Keep talking, even if you feel like you are SO bad in spanish speaking.

12. ...Coming up next week

PS- Well, this was actually written last week but didnt have time to put it on-line.. So step 12 is just at the corner (meaning Friday) :)