Why is it so hard to understand Portuguese on TV?

Question

I'm bilingual English (native)/Spanish (2nd). I'm learning Portuguese now. Whenever I'm with live people from who speak Portuguese, I can understand almost everything. However, TV is a different story (except for the news).

How much longer will it take for me to be able to watch a simple soap opera?

Answer 1

Well, probably a combination of two things: they're going really fast, and they're speaking "proper" Portuguese.

If you've never noticed, the people doing TV broadcasts tend to speak the "proper" version of whatever language they're speaking. So, in America, TV broadcasters speak the "midwest non-accent." You'll never get a Bronx girl on the news - ever. So it could be that you learned a dialect of Portuguese, and hearing this "regular" Portuguese is now throwing you off.

Answer 2

how do you learn portuguese?

I would love to learn

but to answer your question,

portuguese colloquialism is different

and they speak faster so yeah harder  

Answer 3

I.... I don't understand spanish commentaries on TV, but i'm studing spanish and knowed speak portuguese....