| By Xenono on Sunday, June 29, 2003 - 08:14 pm: Edit |
This is what I learned today.
1. Good morning - Bom Dia
2. I speak a little Portuguese - Eu falo um pouco de Portuguese.
3. Como - How
4. You go - Vai
5. How are you? - Como vai senhora (to a woman)
6. Are you American? - a senhora Americana
7. Thank you - obrigada (fem)
8. Fine, thanks - bem obrigada (fem)
9. Very well - muito bem
10. Goodbye sir. - No idea on the spelling. Something like "a te lago" I think.
11. I am - eu sou
12. Yes. I am - sim eu sou
13. Not very well - não muito bem
14. I don't speak very well - Eu não falo muito bem
15. Little - pouco
| By Costaricardo on Monday, June 30, 2003 - 01:43 am: Edit |
Ate logo!
| By Sabio on Monday, June 30, 2003 - 04:03 pm: Edit |
For what it's worth, both the e in ate (accented) and the first o in logo (unaccented) are open.
| By d'Artagnan on Thursday, July 03, 2003 - 04:38 am: Edit |
Anyone know exactly what the rules are regarding the pronunciation of the letter "d"?
From my understanding, "dia" is pronounced "GEE-ah" (1) and "de" is pronounced "jay" (2).
"Obrigada" has a hard "d", ie "oh-bree-GAH-da".
By the way, "eu" is pronounced "A-o". (rhymes with HEY-yo)
Is this all correct? This is how I hear it.
| By Sabio on Thursday, July 03, 2003 - 10:39 am: Edit |
d followed by o or a is a "hard" d. d followed by e (closed) or i gets an additional "j" sound in most regions of Brazil. t is the same way except the additional sound is "sh".
Eu is pronounced E-W (one syllable).