Pronunciation of the Letter D in Brazilian Portuguese Video Lecture | Learn and Master: Brazilian - Other languages

way to the way you so Luciana that
street-smart Brazil our lesson today is
about pronunciation I got a lot of
emails asking about pronunciation today
we're going to focus on the latter D as
in David but first I would like to say
something about citta keys this is our
word for accent so tacky
say with me so tacky Brazil is a large
country as you travel through Brazil and
as you meet different people you will
notice differences in accents and
differences in the way we pronounce some
words this is okay some students they
ask me what is the best accent in my
opinion there is no best accent they're
all correct they're all equally valid
the accents throughout Brazil were
formed were influenced by the
colonization characteristics of each
part of the country in my opinion it
would be a shame to have a uniform way
of speaking and to deny the personality
of each region so accents are good if
you want to choose one you can talk with
your Brazilian friends talk with your
family members watch TV listen to music
so you can choose the accent or the
pronunciation on that is more
appropriate for your personal experience
with Brazil doesn't mean that one is
better than the other it just means that
you're choosing something that fits your
experience with Brazil
okay so let's do this let's see the
letter D one syllable at a time
first you have the da da da
the pronunciation of the DEA is always
they say no matter where the syllable is
positioned in the world
the sound is done let's see a few
examples
da da da the sound of the letter R when
it is the last letter of the word it
varies in different parts of the of the
country you don't have to say it like I
do this is just my accent
data data data
this word gives you great insight into
how we read the letter A in Portuguese
it is a data
obrigada obrigada
obrigada it can be a little more
challenging to some students when the DA
is at the end of the word observe that
I'm pronouncing it the same way that I
did the other words
obrigada obrigada is the feminine
version of thank you that's what women
should always say it does not depend on
who you are talking to it depends on who
is speaking and in spoken Portuguese we
often drop the initial role so what you
actually hear is Brigida
the deal this syllable can have a couple
of different sound so let's see Dola
Dola Dola there is a graphic accent on
the doll this one we call acento agudo
when you see the accent it means that
that that is the stronger syllable of
the word and you need in this case you
need to pronounce it open da the plural
is dollars dollars I often hear students
emphasizing the wrong syllable notice
the difference I will emphasize the
first syllable the correct one dollar is
now don't get confused but now I will
save the wrong way I will emphasize the
middle syllable the lightest see the
difference again the correct
pronunciation is dollars
Ricardo Ricardo Ricardo couple of things
here
when the letter R is the first letter of
the word it sounds like the age in
English
Ricardo now when the word is no and the
Oh does not have a graphic accent you
will often hear it as ooh
for instance this word I say hey kado
big kado notice again the sound of ooh
at the end picado picado
if the OU has the acento agudo as you
see in this word you need to read it
open da da da
the do you that do is always do do
2v de tu vida
veida notice the graphic accent on the
you that is where the word is stressed
due vida this is the known doubt when
you conjugate the verb in the present
tense you have a different word without
a graphic accent and now with the second
syllable as the stressed syllable le
doux Vida le doux Vida
le doux Vida
IDO kado IDO kado IDO kado module module
module module also means mature as in
John is mature and responsible now we
get to the fun part let's see the
syllable de G you might already be
thinking what yes the pronunciation of
the de varies when the D is by itself
that is when you have the preposition G
as in Hugh de Janeiro in some parts of
Brazil like in here it is pronounced G
hugie Janeiro
in other places as in his CV or you may
know it as Recife you will hear D it's
more dental D and you may also hear de
as in some places in the south of Brazil
in some power let's look at other words
Debbie - here you have the graphic
except they are sent to a guru so you
need to pronounce it open there Debbie -
Debbie -
a dagger when the D is in the middle of
the word it sounds pretty consistent a
dagger a dagger but the D it can be
tricky because sometimes it's open like
there a dagger and sometimes it's
clothes like day as in they hit day they
hit day they hit it this can be very
tricky to hear so don't sweat too much
with practice you will distinguish the
open and the closed sounds of death and
day
when the de is the last syllable of the
word and there isn't a graphic accent
over the e the pronunciation will vary
with the different accents in Brazil so
here we have the word sit dodgy well see
dodgy is how we say in some parts of the
countries as in Rio but you can also
hear see daddy and you can also hear
something closer to see daddy and again
if you're wondering what accent you
should choose talk to your friends
listen to music watch TV then choose
what feels better for you
a massager a massager a massager
and finally the D I just like the de the
pronunciation of the di fair is in the
different parts of Brazil but
differently from the de it's always the
same that the I will sound always the
same no matter where the syllable is
positioned in the world so for example
the word gia as in bond gia in Rio you
hear Gia
but in his sippy you may hear dia and
this differences in the sounds will be
true wherever you have the syllable in
the word another word here Vegeta Vegeta
Vegeta
meetha meetha meetha going to regatta
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