1
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how to pronounce a
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- pronounced with an open sound e.g. mato - grass and água - water
2
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how to pronounce an a with a tilde [~] or this accent mark [^]
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- pronounced with a nasal sound e.g.irmã - sister and âmago - core
3
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how ‘i’ is pronounced
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- always the same even if there’s an accent mark e.g. fita - tape and país - country
4
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how is ‘u’ pronounced
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- the same even if it has an accent mark e.g. tudo - ‘everything’ and útil - useful
5
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how is ‘e’ pronounced
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- 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
6
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how is ‘o’ pronounced
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- 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
7
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how to pronounce ‘c’
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- 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)
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how to pronounce ch
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- pronounced w/ a sh sound e.g. chuva - rain
9
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how ‘e’ is pronounced at the end of a word
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- becomes reduced and almost sounds like letter ‘i’ e.g. carne - meat and nome - name
10
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how to pronounce ‘o’ at the end of the word
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- sounds almost like the letter ‘u’ e.g. novo - new and cinco - five
11
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how to pronounce ‘lh’ sound
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similar to the ‘lli’ sound in million e.g. milho – corn
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