Pronunciation Flashcards
Become familiar with sound differences of American English & European Portueguese
1
Q
A
2
Q
Constants
B
A
/b/
banana
banana
3
Q
Constants
D
A
/d/
dose
dose
4
Q
Constants
F
A
/f/
face
face
5
Q
Constants
L
A
/l/
lista
list
6
Q
Constants
M
A
/m/
manual
manual
7
Q
Constants
N
A
/n/
normal
normal
8
Q
Constants
P
A
/p/
parte
part
9
Q
Constants
Q
A
/k/
qualidade
quality
10
Q
Constants
S
A
/s/
social
social
11
Q
Constants
Z
A
/z/
zebra
zebra
12
Q
Constants
T
A
/t/
táxi
taxi
13
Q
Constants
V
A
/v/
visita
visit
14
Q
Constants
C Followed By: A, O or U
A
/k/
cultura
culture
15
Q
Constants
Followed By: E or I
A
/s/
centro
centre
16
Q
Constants
Ç
A
/s/
serviço
service
17
Q
Constants
G Followed By: A, O or U
A
/g/
gasolina
gasoline
18
Q
Constants
Followed By: E or I
A
/ʒ/
género
genre (ZH)
19
Q
Constants
J
A
/ʒ/
Jaime
Jacques (ZH)
20
Q
Constants
H At beginning of word
A
Silent
hora
hour
21
Q
Constants
R At beginning of word
A
/ʁ/
recente
(Guttural R)
22
Q
Constants
R Anywhere but beginning
A
/ɾ/
central
(Rolling R)
23
Q
Constants
CH
A
/ʃ/ charada charade (SH)
24
Q
Constants
LH
A
/ʎ/
brilhante
brilliant
25
# Constants
NH
/ɲ/
canhão
canyon
26
# Constants
RR
/ʁ/
correto
(Guttural R)
27
# Constants
SS
/s/
clássico
classic
28
# Constants
M
Silent
importante
Precedent vowel becomes nasal
29
# Constants
S
/ʃ/
Inglês
English
30
# Constants
S
/z/
visita
visit
31
# Constants
Z
feliz aniversário
lazy
32
# Constants
X Word beginning After diphtong After ME After EN
/ʃ/
xampô
caixa
mexicano
enxame
shampoo
33
# Constants
X
/ʃ/ /s/ /z/ /ks/ /gz/
shop
social
xylophone
taxi
example
