pronounciation

Question 1

how to pronounce a

Answer 1

• pronounced with an open sound e.g. mato - grass and água - water

Question 2

how to pronounce an a with a tilde [~] or this accent mark [^]

Answer 2

• pronounced with a nasal sound e.g.irmã - sister and âmago - core

Question 3

how ‘i’ is pronounced

Answer 3

• always the same even if there’s an accent mark e.g. fita - tape and país - country

Question 4

how is ‘u’ pronounced

Answer 4

• the same even if it has an accent mark e.g. tudo - ‘everything’ and útil - useful

Question 5

how is ‘e’ pronounced

Answer 5

• can be pronounced w/ an open sound e.g. aberto -open and café - coffee
• can be pronounced w/ a closed sound e.g. escada - stairs and você - you

Question 6

how is ‘o’ pronounced

Answer 6

• it can be pronounced with an open sound modo - manner and avó - grandmother
• can also be pronounced with a closed sound e.g. novo - new and avô - grandfather
• If the accent mark is ó, the sound is always open. If the mark is ô, the sound is always closed
• If there is no mark, the pronunciation will depend on the word itself
• when it has a tilde ‘õ’ its pronounced with a nasal sound e.g. limões - lemons

Question 7

how to pronounce ‘c’

Answer 7

• depends on vowel that comes after it c + a, o, u e.g casa - house, comida - ‘food’ and culpa - ‘guilt’ (pronounced like ca)
• c + e,i e.g. cebola - onion’ and cinto - belt’ (pronounced like ç - s sound e.g. moça - young woman)

Question 8

how to pronounce ch

Answer 8

• pronounced w/ a sh sound e.g. chuva - rain

Question 9

how ‘e’ is pronounced at the end of a word

Answer 9

• becomes reduced and almost sounds like letter ‘i’ e.g. carne - meat and nome - name

Question 10

how to pronounce ‘o’ at the end of the word

Answer 10

• sounds almost like the letter ‘u’ e.g. novo - new and cinco - five

Question 11

how to pronounce ‘lh’ sound

Answer 11

similar to the ‘lli’ sound in million e.g. milho – corn