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Don’t forget your zest for life
One of the words I find the most difficult to pronounce in Portuguese is ‘laranja’. I don’t know why, I feel like your tongue has to do a little bit of a flick in the middle of the word, and mine tends to trip over itself if I’m not careful.
This is a real problem, as living here in the Algarve, if there’s one word you REALLY do need to be able to say, it’s ‘orange’. Whether it’s because you want some freshly squished with your tosta mista, or you are simply saying what flavour of that fabulous fizz ‘Sumol’ you want (because even though I have no trouble saying ‘ananás’ , I’m sorry orange is the original and best) being able to say ‘laranja’ in a cool and confident way is a vital part of everyday life. And never so necessary as right now because, if you look at the trees, you will see that the oranges are finally, well… orange. ( On a curious side note pineapple is called ‘ananás’ in just about every other la