This week you’re going to learn how to start a conversation in Portuguese. My intention is to make the lesson as easy as possible. I put the phonetics for everything word in Portuguese I use in the lesson, so everyone is going to be able to read and speak as well. Soon I’ll post the real conversation in mp3 and maybe some videos as well.
This is a conversation between an American man and Brazilian woman, the conversation takes place in Brazil.
Bom dia senhor means Good morning sir
[bõd'ia] [señ'or] - phonetic for the text above
Como você está ? means How are you?
[k'omu] [vos'e] ['Ɛstə] - phonetic for the text above
Muito bem, obrigado means I’m good, thanks
[m'ujtu] [b'ẽj], [obrig'adu] - phonetic for the text above
Você fala português? means Do you speak Portuguese?
[vos'e] [f'alə] [portug'es]? - phonetic for the text above
Um pouco, eu ainda estou aprendendo means A little, I’m still learning
['u] [p'owku], ['ew] [a'ĩdə] [estow] [aprẽdẽdu] - phonetic for the text above
Voce é americano? means Are you american?
[vos'e] [Ɛ] [amerik'ʌnu] - phonetic for the text above
Sim means Yes
[s'ĩ] - phonetic for the text above
Você fala muito bem o português means You speak portuguese very well
[vos'e] [f'alə] [m'ujtu] [b'ẽj] [ɔ] [portug'es] - phonetic for the text above
Obrigado means Thanks
[obrig'adu] - phonetic for the text above
Hope everybody understood the lesson, wait for more next week.
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May 2nd, 2008 @9:46 am
This article helped me a lot. I’m studying portuguese and i intend to go to Brazil by the end of the year. If you post enough articles I’ll be able to learn more.
Here a suggestion, you should post some slangs used in Brazil.
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