Lesson p004

4 CONYERSATIONAL PORTUGUESE

homem    man

homens •    men

2. Words ending in any other letter, including nasal vowels and diphthongs (two vowels pronounced in union) are stressed on the iast syllable:

aqui    here

peru    turkey .    ,    ,-

manhS    morning

papę*    P^aP^er    '"'f

falar    tospeak

descanśei    I rested

3. Words not following the above rutes have a written accent mark which indicates the stressed syllable:

cafć dificil portuguis p&ssaro jur i

coffee

difficult

Portuguese

bird

jury

LESSON 2

D. Now listen to and repeat the following words which are similar in English and Portuguese. Notice how Portuguese spelling and pronunciation differ from English: (Lettert and Sounda II)

attendon

case

acompanhar to accompany    atenęao

agente    agent    caso

centro	center	raęa	race
cheque	check	restaurante	restaurant
certo	certain	silencio	silence
celebrar	to celebrate	surpresa^1	surprise
diferente	different	teatro	theatre
dificil	difficult	exemplo	example
importante	important	garantir	to guarantee
interessante	interesting	geral	generał
necessdrio	necessary	telefone	telephone
possWel	possible	tipo	type
qualidade	quality	visita	visit

CONSONANTS

Notice the following points:

1.    c before a, o, and u, and before any other con-sonant is łike c in cat:

carta    .    letter

secreto    secret (adj.)

2.    c before e and i is like the c in center:

cena    scene

sincero    sincere

3.    ę (used only before a, o, or u) is like the c in face:

moęo    young man

niaęao    nation

4.    g before e and i is like the s in measure:

gente    people

gin a    slang

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