Notes
Misc
- irmãos- brothers or siblings
- irmãs- sisters
- ovo (ó; oh-voo)
- ovos (ó; ah-voosh)
- avô (ah-voh)- grandfather
- avó (ah-vah)- grandmother
- avós (ah-vash)- grandparents
- fama- fame
- famoso- famous
- responsabilidade (guttural espons-uh-bee-lee-dahd)
- ‘r’ at beginning of word is guttural
- ‘r’ between vowels or at end of word are like English ‘d’
- enterprise- empresa
- mapping Portuguese endings to English works 90% of the time
- sometimes exceptions are a completely different word
- farmácia- pharmacy
- ph often changes to f
- y often chages to ia
- alfabeto- alphabet
- word ending it ‘t’ often get ‘o’ added
- abecedário (obs-uh-dadioo)- alphabet
- Athens- Atenas
- Uncommon for a word to end in two consonants
- teatro- theater
- Estou com frio.- I am cold (I am with cold)
- Ele esta a estudar Portugues
- Nos somos pessoas ocupadas
- ver- see
- eu vejo-
- e + j gets a hidden long ‘i’ sound
- tu vês
- ele/ela/voce vê
- Nós vemos
- Vocês/ Eles vêem (vey-i; nasalated)
- Ele não vê muito bem- He doesn’t see very well
- Estou a ver televisão.- I’m watching television (I’m seeing television)
- visão- sight
Suffixes
- -oso plural- osos
- can swap English -ous for -oso
-izar (for English -ize)
- socialize- socializar
- organize- organizar