Differences in pronounciation (from spanish) Flashcards
Nasalisingeveryn/m you see at the end of syllables (not between vowels). The easiest way to get used to this at first is to imagine it was written as “ng” in English.
So “bem” (well) would be pronounced as [beng] and “parabéns” (congratulations, and commonly “happy birthday”) as [pa-ra-beng-s].
-ão at the end of words. hos is it pronounced??
it’s like saying the English “ow” but entirely through your nose. Similarly, the first two letters of õe(s) are like a nasalised version of “oy”
‘s’ always has a ‘z’ sound except when?
except at the start of words and when doubled.
SUCO = juice (su-co) CASACO = jacket (ca-Zac-o) AGASALHO = also jacket. (Aga-zaluh) ROSA = pink. (Ho-Za) FANTASIA = fanta-zeeah
when do ‘d’ and ‘t’ turn to ‘j’ and ‘ch sounds?
before e/i. So the famous Brazilian wordsaudadesis pronounced [Sa-oo-DA-jeez].
DIA = gee-ah Digo = jee-go (i say) ELEFANTE = (ele-fant-che) Medida = may- jeeda = measurement
Unstressed “o” at the end of a word (and sometimes in other syllables, depending on the dialect) is pronounced as what??
When is it pronounced?
“u” is [oo in English]. Socomois [KO-moo]
TRABALHO = tra-bal-u
ESPELHO : mirror
Pronounced in: “ponho” put. (Pohn -yo)
Copo
Prático : pra-cheek-co
Unstressed “e” at the end of a word is pronounced as what?
“i” [ee in English], and in many dialects it isn’t pronounced at all. So “pode” could be [PO-jee] or just [POJ]
G before i/e & J are pronounced not aspirated like in Spanish. so So “gente” sounds like what??
Engenheiro
[zhENG-chee], with “zh” like the ‘s’ sound in pleasure.
Geração = generation = jer- a- sow
Janela
En-zhe-narrow
‘l‘ is pronounced as a ______ at the end of syllables? when not between vowels within a word).
‘oo.’ SoBrasilis [Bra-ZEE-oo], caldo is [KA-oo-doo].
Qual: qwauul
Raul: howoo rauuu
Legal: legauu
Replace Spanish’s trilled “r” with a _____ sound
“h” sound.The individually rolled ‘r’ is pronounced as in Spanish (when between vowels, like incaro), but thetrilledmore continuous rolling ‘r’ in Spanish must be replaced with something like an English ‘h.
This occurs at thestartof words, wheretwo r’s are in successionand (unlike in Spanish, which doesn’t trill it)at the end of words(depending on the dialect).
So “Rio” is actually [HEE-oo], “morro” is actually [MO-hoo], comprar ends in a [h] sound, which we don’t do in English. Interestingly enough, I noticed that in parts of São Paulo state, this syllable ending [r] sound actually sounded way more like the English ‘r’!
GARRAFA = (gah-hafa) bottle ARROZ = ahoz (ah-hoz) RATO = ha-toe = rat RELOGIO= watch. (Hey-logio) RESPOSTA = answer. (Hey-sposta) ROSA = pink. (Ho-Za) Corres = he/she runs. (Coh-heys) Regional: (hey-do-now)
Distinguishing between ô and ó can be tricky and requires a lot of practice.
example words??
Loan words that end in a consonant (other than ‘r’, ‘s’, or ‘m’)must be pronounced phonetically as written and as if an ‘e’ was added after that consonant. This “invisible vowel” adds another syllable to the word. This can get very confusing when it’s a word you “should” know.
SoInternetis actually pronounced [eeng-teH-NE-chee] and “suite” (as in en-suite bathroom, where the ‘e’ is silent in French and English) is pronounced [swEE-chee], and amusingly “hip hop” is [HEE-pee HO-pee] and “rock” is pronounced exactly like the sporthockey!
M at the end of words is silent?
Escrevem (pronounced escreve)
Homem (pronounced home)
Mantém (pronounced manteng
What sound does the “ha” have??
Also the nh??
Minha = meeya = mine
Ñ in Spanish = ha
Ñ in Spanish = nh in Portuguese
-cão ending goes where? Or in place of what?
Equivalent to English -tion.
Estação : station
Cooperação : corporation
Double s “se” sounds like what ?
Like s! ?? Double check
I. E. Pessoas
One s sounds like z
