Questions

  • How to remember both pronunciation and spelling
    • Read a European Portuguese written book while playing the European Portuguese audiobook
    • Portuguese series on Prime Video called Praxx
  • r before a d
    • break it down into syllables
    • acordar to wake up
    • corda - rope

Notes

  • esta abelha- esh-taah bay-yuh instead of esh-tuh uh-bay-yuh
  • como estas- cohm-eesh-tash
    • sometime add long ‘e’ sound when two vowels
  • hotel- mute ‘h’
    • como o hotel- as the hotel
      • pronunced coo-moo o-tel
  • este espelho- isht-shpey-oo
  • Mais Óptica- my-zoticka
  • caixa (kiy-shu)- box
  • um português chato- annoying Portuguese guy
  • gajo- very informal version of “guy”
  • tipo- less informal “guy”
    • also used as a filler word
  • Os Contemporâneos - “O Chato” e o Camané - YouTube