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.