Lose Your English Accent & Speak European Portuguese Like a Local [5 Top Tips]

[@kloassie]

Thank god I have a Dutch accent - I trained for 45+ years to acquire and perfect it, no way I'm gonna loose that! 😘

[@antoniakirbymusic]

I’m from the UK and learning as my partner is from Viseu. I am a competent Spanish speaker which is helpful in some ways but HELP with the sound “x” which seems so change a lot!!

[@TalktheStreets]

It's quite different to Spanish when it comes to pronunciation (I have a couple of videos comparing these languages if you'd like to check them out) :)

[@antoniakirbymusic]

@@TalktheStreets absolutely!! Helps with reading and I’d rather sound Spanish than as English as I am 🤣

[@manabthing]

Ola i am not able to attend your online classes but most of the days i am learning here on You Tube. Thank you❤

[@TalktheStreets]

You are so welcome!

[@natachadealvez]

speaking 🇧🇷 in 🇵🇹 is a shocker to others and i love it 😂 - a native 🇦🇴

I learned some Portuguese from google translator but now I realize thats Brazilian Portuguese and I am lost 😢

[@TalktheStreets]

They just added European PT!

[@Jasminejacinto24]

@@TalktheStreetson Google should I have a look? ❤

[@imagine_big9398]

At 1:50 when you say "muitos", you need to add a "n" sound to the word, like "muintos". The n sound is so noticeable that me and other portuguese people have had brain farts where we would write the word as "muintos" and then it wouldn't look right. The way you said it, sounded like you had a cold or something, because it didn't have that nasal sound.

[@paulaamaral483]

How did you learn Portuguese so well? Also, what took you to Portugal? Btw, I'm an Azorian natural and pronounce the s at the end of words as more of zh instead of sh.

[@TalktheStreets]

I learned Portuguese at university! You can learn more about my move to Portugal in this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/sHjRhWiordCcgposi=it7qnCfanas4CnPN Yes, accents will vary!

[@alfredo.martins_codetyper]

I thought the video would be the reverse. 😅

[@loubob21]

Im not sure what close down the vowel means. I seems like the "O" is pronounced more like a "U"

[@craigscott6196]

Right, they keep repeating bad explanations.

[@TalktheStreets]

Hey! That is indeed a closed vowel, like the O in the end of "obrigado". An open vowel would be the first o in "obrigado".

[@caseygreyson4178]

Hm.. perhaps give this a try. Say the “o” sound as you would in English “oh” without moving your mouth (in English, we have a tendency to close our mouth at the end of Os). Then, keep your mouth in the same position, but try to say the sound “awe” instead. This sound is the “open o” or ó in Portuguese. Then, try closing your mouth a bit more by raising your lower jaw. That should make the “closed o”sound or ô in Portuguese.

[@Higgon]

I've heard this "open" and "closed" vowel explanation a number of times, but unfortunately they are pretty meaningless adjectives to me and don't help me to know what sound I'm aiming for. Comparing a particular vowel sounds in Portuguese to one in an English word is much more helpful, though sadly not particularly easy to remember 🤷

[@eduardoserrao7372]

​@@HiggonCheck 'Word Reference Forums - Portuguese'. Anyway, open 'o' is similar to the sound of 'o' on 'job'. Closed 'o' is similar to the 'oo' in 'too'. There is a 'midle o' similar of 'o' in 'open' or 'frozen'.

[@royking7298]

tongue twisters; tongue twisters; tongue twisters!!!!! Let's see if you mention them. I see vowels are first, what's next? ...... :)