Portuguese Pronunciation Some Typical (portugal) Portuguese Pronunciation

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asianman27 Saturday 21st of October 2006 09:22:20 PM
Pronunciation - HI

Could someone teach me some pronunciation rules in Portuguese letters or words?

Thanks

mariachristina Friday 15th of December 2006 06:55:14 AM
me too? - i\'ve got the same problem... i read very well, but i\'m a bit tongue-tied when i try to speak.

jrcls Friday 15th of December 2006 09:04:22 AM
- Folks,

I´d start by reading about standard portuguese
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Portuguese

Follow the external link (bottom of the page) \"Description of the pronunciation rules of European Portuguese\" to the site:
http://www.learningportuguese.co.uk/
and click on \"Pronunciation\" (left menu). You´ll reach the section about standard portuguese pronunciation rules.

My piece of advice: visit this once, listen to those audio files and then... forget it :-) Learning by listening those files is so... boring. There must be an easier way.

Piece of advice #2 - easier way #1: find a native portuguese speaker who can talk by skype or msn, and practice it.

Piece of advice #3 - easier way #2: listen to portuguese music! I think online or CD music are the best audio files availabe around. Listen to the music while reading the lyrics: it´s easy, it´s fun and it´s really effective. Can you imagine someone asking for \"english pronunciation rules\"? Sure, you can read this to grasp the basics, not much more than that; listen to music in english (whatever: rock, pop, blues, country, hip hop etc etc) and you´ll learn much more. So, you can refer to the thread \"Portuguese Songs\" in this forum; if you´re into brazilian music you can read the post:
http://www.phrasebase.com/forum/read.php?TID=5811
I´m not that familiar with portuguese music, I\'d suggest Madredeus or fado singers.

Just my $0.02.

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	asianman27	Saturday 21st of October 2006 09:22:20 PM
	Pronunciation - HI Could someone teach me some pronunciation rules in Portuguese letters or words? Thanks
	mariachristina	Friday 15th of December 2006 06:55:14 AM
	me too? - i\'ve got the same problem... i read very well, but i\'m a bit tongue-tied when i try to speak.
	jrcls	Friday 15th of December 2006 09:04:22 AM
	- Folks, I´d start by reading about standard portuguese http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Portuguese Follow the external link (bottom of the page) \"Description of the pronunciation rules of European Portuguese\" to the site: http://www.learningportuguese.co.uk/ and click on \"Pronunciation\" (left menu). You´ll reach the section about standard portuguese pronunciation rules. My piece of advice: visit this once, listen to those audio files and then... forget it :-) Learning by listening those files is so... boring. There must be an easier way. Piece of advice #2 - easier way #1: find a native portuguese speaker who can talk by skype or msn, and practice it. Piece of advice #3 - easier way #2: listen to portuguese music! I think online or CD music are the best audio files availabe around. Listen to the music while reading the lyrics: it´s easy, it´s fun and it´s really effective. Can you imagine someone asking for \"english pronunciation rules\"? Sure, you can read this to grasp the basics, not much more than that; listen to music in english (whatever: rock, pop, blues, country, hip hop etc etc) and you´ll learn much more. So, you can refer to the thread \"Portuguese Songs\" in this forum; if you´re into brazilian music you can read the post: http://www.phrasebase.com/forum/read.php?TID=5811 I´m not that familiar with portuguese music, I\'d suggest Madredeus or fado singers. Just my $0.02.