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Correct portuguese pronunciation
Vowels:
Have a look at the following table and listen for each Portuguese sound to the accompanying
audio examples. The audio files allow you to get a rough feeling for the right
Portuguese pronunciation. Read repeatedly all examples aloud to yourself and thereby follow
the sound of the examples as closely as possible.
| sound/ letter: | | Portuguese Examples | English Examples | | a |  | gato, samba | master, rather | | e | | festa, selo | elefant, encounter | | i | | vida, interesse | steel, meet | | o | | computador, comer | off, computer | | u | | ultimo, rumba | school, rule | | diph- thongs | | meu, sei, serviu, boi, sou, cão | For diphtongs (double-sounds), the vowels are pronounced separately in Portuguese |
Consonants:
The pronunciation of the consonants is almost identical to the English pronunciation. Therefore, we
only show in the table below those consonants that are pronounced differently in Portuguese and English.
Again, listen to the audio examples and best repeat aloud after them.
| sound/ letter: | | Portuguese Examples | English Examples | | c (before a, e) and ç | | cena, você, peça | center | | c (other) | | caro, casa | computer | | ch | | chapeu | mashine, sheer | | g (before e, i) | | gigante, geografia | gelé, giraffe | | g (before a, o, u) | | gota, agua | go, garden | | h | | homem, hora | mute | | r | | rato, caro, carro | rolled 'r' (similar to the Scottish 'r') | | s in the beginning, ss | | soupa, posso | soup, satin | | s between vowels | | casa, casaco | zebra, zipper | | x | | xale, taxi | sometimes like 'sh', sometimes like 'x' |
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Course 1
Lesson 1
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