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Jeg er lykkelig i Danmark. I|am|happy|in|Denmark ||feliz|| I am happy in Denmark. Netop i går mødte jeg en kvinde fra USA, som sagde: „Det er så godt at være sammen med dig! just|in|yesterday|I met|I|a|woman|from|USA|who|said|It|is|so|good|to|be|together|with|you Just yesterday I met a woman from the USA who said: "It is so nice to be with you!" Du er så positiv, du har så meget energi. You|are|so|positive|you|have|so|much|energy You are so positive, you have so much energy. Alle andre amerikanere brokker sig: De brokker sig over vejret og over menneskerne og over alt muligt, så man får lyst til at rejse hjem. All|other|Americans|complain|themselves|They|complain|themselves|about|the weather|and|about|the people|and|about|everything|possible|so|one|gets|desire|to||travel|home All the other Americans complain: They complain about the weather and about the people and about everything, so you feel like going home. Det er meget bedre at være sammen med dig!" It|is|much|better|to|be|together|with|you ||||de|||| It is much better to be with you! Men det passer, det er ikke noget, jeg bare siger: Jeg elsker at være her. But|it|is true|it|is|not|something|I|just|say|I|love|to|be|here But it's true, it's not something I just say: I love being here. Hvis du spørger min mand, Mario, vil han sige det samme: Vi er begge to lykkelige her. If|you|ask|my|husband|Mario|will|he|say|it|the same|We|are|both|two|happy|here If you ask my husband, Mario, he will say the same: We are both happy here.

Det dårlige vejr er ikke noget problem for mig. The|bad|weather|is|not|any|problem|for|me The bad weather is not a problem for me. Selvfølgelig er det altid dejligt, når solen skinner, og når foråret kommer: hurra! Of course|is|it|always|nice|when|the sun|shines|and|when|spring|comes|hooray ||||||||||a primavera|| Of course, it is always nice when the sun is shining, and when spring comes: hooray! Men ved du hvad: I Portugal havde vi altid godt vejr, jeg lagde ikke engang mærke til det. But|know|you|what|In|Portugal|had|we|always|good|weather|I|laid|not|even|notice|to|it But you know what: In Portugal, we always had good weather, I didn't even notice it. I Danmark glæder jeg mig til gengæld over hver eneste dag med solskin. I|Denmark|look||myself|forward to|in return|about|every|single|day|with|sunshine |||||||||cada||| In Denmark, on the other hand, I look forward to every single day with sunshine. Det er som med chokolade. It|is|like|with|chocolate It's like with chocolate. I Portugal spiste jeg chokolade hele tiden uden virkelig at nyde den, men nu nyder jeg hvert eneste stykke: „Uhm, hvor er det dejligt, uhm, hvor smager det godt!" In|Portugal|ate|I|chocolate|all|the time|without|really|to|enjoy|it|but|now|enjoy|I|every|single|piece|Uhm|how|is|it|delightful|uhm|how|tastes|it|good In Portugal, I ate chocolate all the time without really enjoying it, but now I enjoy every single piece: "Uhm, how lovely it is, uhm, how good it tastes!" Vi savner selvfølgelig maden, den gode portugisiske mad. We|miss|of course|the food|the|good|Portuguese|food Of course, we miss the food, the good Portuguese food. Der er mange små ting, som man ikke kan købe i Danmark. There|are|many|small|things|that|one|not|can|buy|in|Denmark There are many small things that you cannot buy in Denmark. I Portugal spiste vi for eksempel nestum, en speciel slags korn til morgenmad. In|Portugal|we ate|we|for|example|nestum|a|special|type|cereal|for|breakfast In Portugal, for example, we ate nestum, a special kind of cereal for breakfast. Det er så lækkert! It|is|so|delicious It's so delicious! Det ligner semulje, men er alligevel anderledes. It|looks like|semolina|but|is|nevertheless|different ||semulje|||| It looks like semolina, but is still different. Vi savner også de portugisiske pølser, chorizos. We|miss|also|the|Portuguese|sausages|chorizos We also miss the Portuguese sausages, chorizos. For ikke så længe siden rejste Mario og jeg til Berlin, hvor de har nogle portugisiske forretninger. Not|so|long|ago|since|traveled|Mario|and|I|to|Berlin|where|they|have|some|Portuguese|stores Not long ago, Mario and I traveled to Berlin, where they have some Portuguese shops. Der fandt vi dem, og vi var så lykkelige! There|found|we|them|and|we|were|so|happy |||eles||||| There we found them, and we were so happy! Eller bacalhau, tørret torsk. Or|cod|dried| ||seco| Or bacalhau, dried cod. Man kan selvfølgelig købe torsk i Danmark, men man kan kun få den friske. One|can|of course|buy|cod|in|Denmark|but|one|can|only|get|it|fresh você|||||||||||obter||fresca Of course, you can buy cod in Denmark, but you can only get it fresh. I Portugal importerer vi torsken saltet og tørret fra Norge og har tusind måder at tilberede den på. We|Portugal|import|we|the cod|salted|and|dried|from|Norway|and|have|thousand|ways|to|prepare|it|in |||||||||||||||preparar|| In Portugal, we import the cod salted and dried from Norway and have a thousand ways to prepare it. Men for to uger siden var vi i INCO på Vesterbro, og dér fandt vi den pludselig. But|for|two|weeks|ago|were|we|in|INCO|on|Vesterbro|and|there|found|we|it|suddenly ||||||nós|||||||||| But two weeks ago we were at INCO in Vesterbro, and there we suddenly found it. Den var lavet på præcis den rigtige måde! It|was|made|in|exactly|the|right|way ||||||certa| It was made in exactly the right way! Hurra! Hooray Hooray! Jo, det med maden … Det er nok det, vi savner mest. Yes|it|with|food|It|is|probably|it|we|miss|most Yes, the food... That's probably what we miss the most.

De første måneder og år i Danmark var selvfølgelig lidt hårde, fordi vi ikke havde venner. The|first|months|and|years|in|Denmark|were|of course|a little|hard|because|we|not|had|friends The first months and years in Denmark were of course a bit tough because we didn't have friends. I Portugal havde Mario og jeg et meget aktivt socialt liv, og vi var aldrig alene. In|Portugal|had|Mario|and|I|a|very|active|social|life|and|we|were|never|alone In Portugal, Mario and I had a very active social life, and we were never alone. Vi gik hele tiden i byen eller til fester, og vi var meget sammen med venner og familie. We|walked|all|the time|in|the city|or|to|parties|and|we|were|very|together|with|friends|and|family We were always going out or to parties, and we spent a lot of time with friends and family. Da vi kom til Danmark, kendte vi derimod ingen og tænkte pludselig: Åh-åh … Hvordan skal det gå? When|we|arrived|in|Denmark|knew|we|on the contrary|no one|and|thought|suddenly|||How|shall|it|go When we came to Denmark, however, we didn't know anyone and suddenly thought: Oh-oh... How is this going to go? Vi talte ikke dansk og kun meget dårligt engelsk. We|spoke|not|Danish|and|only|very|poorly|English We didn't speak Danish and only very poorly spoke English. Jeg havde haft lidt engelsk i skolen, men jeg havde aldrig brugt det bagefter. I|had|had|a little|English|in|school|but|I|had|never|used|it|afterwards I had had a little English in school, but I had never used it afterwards.

Heldigvis er det i Portugal ligesom i Danmark, hvor man ser film og fjernsyn på originalsproget med undertekster på portugisisk. Fortunately|is|it|in|Portugal|just like|in|Denmark|where|you|watch|movies|and|television|in|the original language|with|subtitles|in|Portuguese Fortunately, in Portugal, it is like in Denmark, where you watch movies and television in the original language with Portuguese subtitles. Et eller andet sted lå det engelske altså og skulle bare aktiveres. It|or|something|place|was located|it|English|therefore|and|should|just|be activated Somewhere, the English was just lying there waiting to be activated. Engelsk var derfor det første sprog, som jeg lærte at tale i Danmark. English|was|therefore|the|first|language|that|I|learned|to|speak|in|Denmark English was therefore the first language I learned to speak in Denmark. Jeg brugte også andre latinske sprog som spansk og endda fransk! I|used|also|other|Latin|languages|such as|Spanish|and|even|French I also used other Latin languages like Spanish and even French! Jeg havde aldrig talt spansk eller fransk, men på en eller anden måde skulle vi jo kommunikere. I|had|never|spoken|Spanish|or|French|but|in|one|or|other||should|we|after all|communicate I had never spoken Spanish or French, but somehow we had to communicate. Heldigvis mødte vi nogle latinos, mest fra Spanien og Sydamerika. Fortunately, we met some Latinos, mostly from Spain and South America. Dem kunne vi i det mindste snakke med. Them|could|we|at least|it|least|talk|with At least we could talk to them. Vi talte et sprog, som vi kalder portuñol, fordi det er en blanding af portugisisk og spansk, español. We|spoke|a|language|that|we|call|portuñol|because|it|is|a|mixture|of|Portuguese|and|Spanish|Spanish We spoke a language that we call portuñol, because it is a mix of Portuguese and Spanish, español.

Men vi savnede portugisere, for spanierne og sydamerikanerne er alligevel anderledes. But|we||Portuguese|because|the Spaniards|and|the South Americans|are|anyway|different But we missed the Portuguese, because the Spaniards and South Americans are still different. Vi kunne snakke med dem, men der er også mange forskelle. We|could|talk|with|them|but|there|are|also|many|differences We could talk to them, but there are also many differences. Vi griner for eksempel ikke over de samme ting. We|laugh|for|example|not|at|the|same|things For example, we do not laugh at the same things.

Jeg ringede derfor til den portugisiske ambassade og sagde: „Vi er nye i Danmark og har brug for kontakt. I|called|therefore|to|the|Portuguese|embassy|and|said|We|are|new|in|Denmark|and|have|need|for|contact I therefore called the Portuguese embassy and said: "We are new in Denmark and need contact. Hvor kan vi møde portugisere?" Where|can|we|meet|Portuguese people ||||portugueses Where can we meet Portuguese people?" Men ambassaden vil eller kan ikke hjælpe med den slags. But|the embassy|will|or|can|not|help|with|that|kind |a embaixada|||||||| But the embassy will not or cannot help with that. Så opdagede jeg Facebook, og det var min redning. Then|discovered|I|Facebook|and|it|was|my|salvation ||||||||salvação Then I discovered Facebook, and it was my salvation. Men måske skulle jeg starte fra begyndelsen … But|maybe|should|I|start|from|the beginning But maybe I should start from the beginning ...