Língua da Gente - Portuguese Podcast: Lessons

Elementary 09: Learning Portuguese Is Difficult


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Is it so frustrating to learn how to pronounce words in Portuguese. There are different sounds for all of the vowels and there don’t seem to be any rules. And those verb endings, it’s crazy! Never fear. In today’s lesson will give you a few hints along the way, and we’ll let you know that it’s really no big deal.

Dialogue

A: Você está estudando o português?
B: Estou, mas a pronúncia é muito difícil, viu?
A: Como assim?
B: Esse tal de ‘avô - avó’, ‘pode – pôde’, eu não ouço a diferença.
A: Sei, inicialmente causa problemas, mas você vai pegar, não se preocupe.
B: ‘Não se preocupe’ ou ‘Não se preocupa’?
A: Tanto faz, qualquer um dos dois
B: Te disse, não é? O português não é fácil não.


A: Are you studying Portuguese?
B: I am, but the pronunciation is difficult, you know?
A: What do you mean?
B: This deal with ‘avô - avó’, ‘pode – pôde’, I don’t hear the difference.
A: I know, initially it can cause problems, but you’ll get it, don’t worry.
B: ‘Nao se preocupe’ or ‘Não se preocupa’?
A: It doesn’t matter, either of the two.
B: I told you, you know? Portuguese is not easy.
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