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The sound system of your native language affects how you hear and pronounce other languages. When speaking American English, native Portuguese speakers have accent patterns based on first hearing and speaking Portuguese. Use the chart below to learn more about the Portuguese accent in English. Click on the individual sounds for recordings and help with pronunciation.
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The sound system of your native language affects how you hear and pronounce other languages. When speaking American English, native Portuguese speakers have accent patterns based on first hearing and speaking Portuguese. Use the chart below to learn more about the Portuguese accent in English. Click on the individual sounds for recordings and help with pronunciation.
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| sound p t b d g v th (as in “think”) th (as in “those”) s z ch j n ng l r h consonant clusters (more than one consonant sound together) | error pattern can sound like b at the start of words can sound like d at the start of words can be left off the ends of words can sound like p at the ends of words can sound like t at the ends of words, or be left off the ends of words can sound like k at the ends of words can sound like f at the ends of words can sound like s or t at the start of words can sound like f, t or s at the ends of words can sound like d at the start of words can sound like voiceless th at the ends of words can have an extra “eh” sound in the start of words, can sound like z at the ends of words can sound like s at the ends of words can sound like sh at the start or ends of words can sound like ch at the start of words can sound like ch or zh at the ends of words can sound like ng or be left off the ends of words sounds like n or has an extra g or k sound can be left off the ends of words can be rolled at the start of words, can sound like “uh” at the ends of words can be missing at the start of words can have sounds left off or have the same errors listed above | Example pig sounds like big two sounds like do light sounds like lie robe sounds like rope code sounds like coat, or we’d sounds like we pig sounds like pick leave sounds like leaf thing sounds like sing or ting with sounds like wiff, wit or wih those sounds like dose breathe sounds like breeth school sounds like eh-school, miss sounds like miz buzz sounds like bus cheese sounds like she’s which sounds like wish job sounds like chob ridge sounds like rich or rizh thin sounds like thing or thih thing sounds like thin or think ball sounds like baw paper sounds like papuh hello sounds like ello lived sounds like live, want sounds like wan, words sounds like word |
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