Portuguese pronunciation. Ol! Before we go through the pronunciation, let me, first of all, congratulate you because you already know how to spell words in Portuguese. Oops! If you don't, please. European Portuguese. Brazilian Portuguese. It’s not that difficult, is it? That was a very good achievement! Well done! Now, the next step is to understand the right pronunciation to speak Portuguese. Portuguese pronunciation is known as very difficult. But, in fact is quite straight forward. The secret is practicing from reading, and paying attention to: 1. ![]() Word endings. 2. Where a word is stressed. If a word has written accents (little signs on top of a vowel). You normally read every letter except if a words starts with H. So, 4 basic rules to understand the Portuguese pronunciation. But, hey! Even if you find it a bit difficult, let's think this way: Things are only difficult up to the point where we get to know them, and control them. ![]() Portuguese pronunciation is no exception. And when we know how to do things we don’t find them difficult anymore, do we? Imagine when you didn’t know how to drive a car! Then, you learnt how to do it and now it’s piece of cake. Now, at the same time, you can control the wheel, the gears, the pedals, the radio, the window, the mirrors, the conversation you are having with that partner who’s travelling with you, the traffic lights, the road signs, the pedestrians, the other cars and the way you are heading? It is indeed! Or when you tried to cook that favorite dish of yours on your own. That’s because they gave in to the difficulty. That’s because they convinced themselves it was difficult. You are not like that! You are here reading this because you believe, as I believed, that it is possible! Because you see thousands or millions of other people speaking a second, a third language, or even more! It’s real! It’s possible! It’s out there for us to confirm. So YOU also can speak Portuguese! With a great Portuguese pronunciation, with great knowledge, with great confidence! We are here together and together we’ll get it. This is for sure! Sinopse Depois de quase ficarem ricos com um plano quase perfeito e genial, Amaral (Fábio Porchat), Rodrigo (Danton Mello) e Tonico (Felipe Abib) estão precisando. Não procures mais. Só a Magazine.HD publica e mantém atualizada a lista completa de todos os lançamentos DVD e BD editados no nosso mercado. Ok, so let’s go straight to business! Let me show you how the Portuguese pronunciation is easy. ![]() There are a few things we must consider to get the Portuguese pronunciation right! Let’s stat with the easy rules first. Via rule Portuguese words are stressed in the second last syllable. Wow Syllable????? What’s that???? You right! ![]() ![]() Let me explain. Words are divided in parts - so let's call each of those parts a syllable. For instance the word COM- PU- TER has 3 parts - 3 syllables. This is one of the main secrets to get a good Portuguese pronunciation. ![]() The best way to figure out how many syllables (or parts) there are in a word is imagining that we have to shout out loud that word at someone who is quite far from you, but in a way that is perceptible. So, now imagine that one of your friends is on the other side of a very wide and busy road and you have to make him/her hear the word ? Automatically you found out that the word computer has 3 parts, or in other words, 3 syllables. Normally, in Portuguese, each syllable has a vowel (I mean A, E, I, O, or U). ![]() ![]() There are no words with more than one vowel in each syllable, unless in very specific cases – diphthongs for instance - but you don’t have to worry about this for the time being. So, most Portuguese words are stressed in the second last syllable. One of the reasons why people think that the Portuguese swallow the words when they speak, and say that Portuguese pronunciation is weird, is because they don’t know this rule. In fact, they do swallow parts of words, but for a reason and we’ll learn why! You can see my video here, which will teach you in a funny way how to pronounce Portuguese words, and it will explain the way it works in a more visual way. In every language you have to stress the words in the right place, otherwise people won’t understand you. People wouldn’t even understand each other. Once you pronounce the word in the right place you can“swallow” the rest of it or run it together with the next word.
![]() So, let’s try to pronounce some words. Remember to give emphasis to the 2nd last syllable. ![]() Me- sa, ca- ma, sa- co, te- cla- do, ca- ne- ta, con- to, li- vro, ca- mi- sa, sa- pa- tos, ga- ra- gem, sol- da- do, trans- for- ma, sis- te- ma, bo- la, me- ni- no, bor- ra- cha, Now, try to read these words with no syllable separation: Pombo, Como, Pedra, Vida, Convida, Vandalismo, Chumbo, Bastante, Ambos, Comerio, Magricela, Humorado, Bengala, Namorada, Camioneta, Conto, Rapazes, Mulheres, Compras, Vendas. Well done! I think it's now time to read some sentences. Stress the word in the part in bold. Como tem passado? Como ele come a comida. O livro tem folhas. As folhas do livro lembram outro livro velho. Eles compram jornais e revistas. A minha prima tem mais livros do que a minha vizinha. Now try to read the same sentences without help. Remember the Portuguese pronunciation rule! Como tem passado? Como ele come a comida. O livro tem folhas. As folhas do livro lembram outro livro velho. Eles compram jornais e revistas. A minha prima tem mais livros do que a minha vizinha. You see? Provided that you stress the word in the right place, the rest of that word is almost silent. This is another secret to get your Portuguese pronunciation perfect. That’s why people think that Portuguese native speakers . What they actually do is, they silence the last part of the word after the stress, or they run that word together with the next one. And as you can see, that’s not that difficult after all. Imagine when you will start swallowing parts of the words yourself! You’ll be speaking Portuguese to the Portuguese, with a fantastic Portuguese pronunciation, like the Portuguese themselves! How does it sound? Superb, doesn’t it? You know, every little thing I learnt, every little achievement I reached when I was learning a different language, was like a prize for me. So, I believe it will be for you too! I felt richer and richer every day, up to a point that I started to win discussions and debates with English native speakers. All of a sudden I started to realize that I knew things that others didn’t! This was because I could feel those things, and understand the way languages work. And then, haha! I got more and more motivated, and confident to learn everyday more and more! And, my friend, when you least realize you are what they call an ! Well, whatever they mean by that.. To learn a foreign language we kind of need to be aware of our own language. By the way, do you know the difference between ? Try to find out! This is just to stimulate your curiosity for your own language. Right! Let’s carry on with Portuguese pronunciation! So, if the first rule of Portuguese pronunciation is to stress the second last syllable, the next rule is.. Words ending with L, Z, R, U and I, are stressed in the LAST syllable. Well, this is piece of cake, isn’t it? All you have to do is to remember these endings and no matter how long the word is, you know that the last part of it is the one to emphasize. This rule is very important to get a Portuguese pronunciation just right. OK, so, shall we do some practice? Let’s read these words: Jornal. Papel. Feliz. Natal. Brasil. Portugal. Continental. Comi. Guru. Capaz. Rapaz. Espanhol. Azul. Now try to read the same words without any help. Mind the Portuguese pronunciation rule! Jornal. Papel. Feliz. Natal. Brasil. Portugal. Continental. Comi. Guru. Capaz. Rapaz. Espanhol. Azul. Please remember that you will achieve excellent results if you watch the videos available for this Portuguese pronunciation unit. The video documents will provide you with practical exercises and reinforce your Portuguese pronunciation practice in order for you to learn quickly and fast. So, if the first rule to get a good Portuguese pronunciation tells you to stress a word in the second last syllable,And the second rule tells you to stress a word in the last syllable if the word ends with a L, Z, R, U or I, the 3rd rule is: 3. Written accents are stronger than any other rule. Yes, in fact, if you have a word that has a written accent you must ignore all the other rules. By stressing a word where the accent (little sign on top of a vowel) is, allows you to get a perfect Portuguese pronunciation. I know, I know, it’s a pain when you are trying to remember something and having to follow so many rules. I know! But try to put it this way: At least you have rules to follow. The English language, as well as many other languages in the world, has fewer rules to follow, especially because it has an original influence from many other different languages. That’s one of the reasons why some foreigners found it really difficult to learn English. But the good news is, because Portuguese is a Latin- based language, it’s based on rules and, once you know them and follow them, you’ll be speaking accurately, properly, and with a good Portuguese pronunciation as well as any Portuguese native speaker. Doesn’t it sound great? I think it does! OK, Let's go back to Portuguese pronunciation.. The written accents in Portuguese are: 1. The acute accent – . The grave accent – . The circumflex accent (also known as “hat”) – . The tilde – . You’ll normally find one written accent only per word, but, obviously, you’ll find a few words with 2 different accents – for instance . After all, the exception doesn’t make the rule, does it? The acute accent stresses a word in other syllable but the second last. These words are an example: Secret. You see, reading a Portuguese word with written acute accent is not difficult. You have to stress the word where the accent is. On the other hand, the grave accent is used only on top of the letter A. So you’ll find 7 words only that in Portuguese use the grave accent. For instance you have to double the vowel to say . Otherwise it is used instead of an accute accent to stress the words in a particular syllable (especially words ending in .. You don't need to have flu and have your nose running to pronounce these words..!
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