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| gzimize | Thursday 03rd of August 2006 06:33:33 AM |
| 4.2 – TREMA (¨) - Trema: ¨ ü The \"trema\" comes only on the letter [b]U[/b]. It indicates that the U is pronounced in these syllables: güe, güi, qüe, qüi For example: The word guerra (war) doesn\'t have the \"trema\". So, the syllable gue is pronounced like in [b]ge[/b]t. The U isn\'t pronounced. But in the word pingüim (penguin), the letter U is pronounced. The same apllies to the letter [b]Q[/b], but it has the sound of the letter [b]K[/b] in English. E.g.: agüentar (to stand, to put up with) lingüiça (sausage) cinqüenta (fifty) eqüino (equine) | |
| Isabel | Thursday 03rd of August 2006 06:58:21 AM |
| - Hi gzimize! I just want to add a quick note: in standard Portuguese the trema is not used. :) | |
| gzimize | Thursday 03rd of August 2006 07:44:13 AM |
| - Ah... That\'s very good! i don\'t know much about standard portuguese, so, I post about the Brazilian Portuguese. I ask you and other people from Portugal to post differences like this. Até mais, Mário | |
