Portuguese Pronunciation, Video 1: Portuguese Phonetics and Spelling

This is the first of a three-part series on Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation. The goal is to quickly familiarize you with the sounds of Portuguese and the IPA symbols for those sounds. You'll then be able to learn them faster, either through your own studies or through my pronunciation trainers. More links below:
Flashcard Designs for Teaching Yourself Pronunciation: blog.fluent-forever.com/gallery/
My Pronunciation Trainers: fluent-forever.com/product/fl...
Anki Language Learning: ankilanguagelearning.com
More Anki Decks, including Portuguese Pronunciation: speakada.com
Reddit's Anki Language Learning Community: / ankilanguagelearning
A super detailed discussion of the IPA: • Pronunciation Tutorial...

[@randy4064]

Portuguese and Spanish are so alike, however i'm learning Portuguese from English because there's lot of more material than in my first language (Spanish) isn't it ironic?

[@animax2422]

As with everything actually. Everything on the internet is more abundant in english and if that happens to not be the case sometime, someone somehow will make it in english. I'm learning French, Japanese and German through English videos & material.

[@lovespellcaster8164]

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[@Madalf-the-fool]

Also it’s smart to learn other languages with your second language

[@Emile.gorgonZola]

The R sounds can differ a lot by region though

[@cabal4171]

How so? I've noticed(at least I think I have) that sometimes it sounds like a mix between h and r

[@livinghooman8471]

@@cabal4171 They can also all be pronouced as the rolled r like in spanish in the Northeast of Brazil, the epiglottal H sound, the glottal H sound, and the "english R", so... Ye, the H are almost the same, but there's a difference

[@lululipes4382]

@@livinghooman8471 also as in French r, the most common

[@lovespellcaster8164]

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[@piadas804]

@@lululipes4382 apenas algumas pessoas pronunciam o "r" como o r francês.

[@dillonlamb2011]

4 years later and your excellent videos are still reaching people like me

[@smilingbooklearning3821]

Eu Falo Portugues mas esse video está sendo muito util pra mim no Ingles pois ele contrastou bem os fonemas do portugues e do ingles. E era exatamente isso o que precisava ouvir. Por favor poste mais videos assim. É muito util pra ambos os idiomas.

[@FluentForeverApp]

Hello there! We're delighted to know that the video has been useful for you. 😊

[@Phasma_Tacitus]

The tapped R is a bit like the sound of T in english in the word battery.

[@marceloescamilla8867]

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[@lovespellcaster8164]

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[@ramzy-6566]

Thank you for Portuguese Phonetics and Spelling.

[@scribbles9907]

OMG :) I've been hoping you would make Portuguese pronunciation trainers! :D

[@lovespellcaster8164]

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[@thomasbao4477]

This is so good!!!! I hope this gets 1M views!

[@natalieprocopio1819]

Thank you thank you thank you Andrew and Gabriel for this video series !!! I really need help on this from you guys

[@natalieprocopio1819]

waiiiit you said don't worry about memorizing...(i have a horrible memory and i worry too much!!) ....if you're using a pronunciation trainer--what's that I wnat one!!! please help me how do I get that? I'm so hapoy I found this video I really need help thank you!!!

[@FluentForeverApp]

Hi Natalie, You can find the pronunciation trainers in our webshop: fluent-forever.com/bundles/

[@lovespellcaster8164]

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[@pedroc8591]

Love your videos on pronounciation and phonetics, excellent! Be aware though that the 'R' sound (not the trilled r) is more of an uvular /R/ rather than the glottal H you have suggested. Thank you again for your brilliant channel. /P

[@lovespellcaster8164]

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[@jondesoo8055]

You can also say 'bõ.dʒ' instead of 'bõ.dʒi'. We won't even notice the difference. Some people say 'bõ.de' instead.

[@capsulatemporal]

Muito bom esse vídeo Estou tentando aprender inglês, acabei vindo parar aqui kkkkk

[@lovespellcaster8164]

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[@inglesnoar3873]

You have forgotten to mention the /χ/ sound, which is pretty common in standard pronunciation of Belo Horizonte, Rio de Janeiro, Bahia, and other places in words such as porta /'pɔχ.tɐ/ (door) and mercado /meχ.'ka.du/ (market). You didn't either mention that in those regions and others the final R in verb infinitives and some nouns is completely silent.

[@lovespellcaster8164]

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[@tangerchef6662]

The R has, in some accents, difference before a consonant and as final letter of the word. In mine(caipira), as example, we use the /ɹ/ sound in this cases, and in São Paulo city and the South of country, these cases are a /ɾ/ too.

[@FluentForeverApp]

Thank you for sharing!

[@paulobichara3213]

Fantastic video. Never found before

[@FluentForeverApp]

Hello Paulo! We're glad to know the video was useful to you 😊

[@pedrosimoes4842]

Are you sure the R phoneme really doesn't exist in English? The American pronunciation of the T in 'better' or 'letter' sounds exactly like the Portuguese R to my Brazilian ears.

[@lovespellcaster8164]

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[@vinicius7179]

@llort eht deef t'noD They're definitely the same in International phonetic alphabet: Pt - Caro /ˈka.ɾu/ AmEn- Better /ˈbɛɾɚ/

[@animax2422]

@@vinicius7179 I think "better" and "caro" have identical flaps because of the R at the end of "better". When there's no R at the end the sound is different. Its a shorter sound: "that I", "but I" "wait a minute" etc.

[@USA2Brazil]

Excellent pronunciation course. I wish I found this when I started. Total beginners: Fluent Forever and Fun with Portuguese a Udemy course. Then: Semantica Portuguese video course combine with Glossika Brazilian Portuguese.

[@mixamus]

Fun with Portuguese is no longer available on Udemy. Do you by chance know of an alternative? I have lifetime Semantica membership so I have that covered and I'm here. I was thinking of getting the mimic method but it's very expensive and I don't know if the guy actually honors the 60 day satisfaction guaranteed refund policy. Found this video series since I'm not willing to spend $200 US on the chance that Mimic method is actually that good, or if not I could get a refund.

[@lovespellcaster8164]

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[@worldthings7492]

I always said "Mikei" instead of "Miki" as a Portuguese native speaker

[@marcelofonttine2]

Eu sou brasileiro e amei a explicação.

[@pipistolando]

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[@lovespellcaster8164]

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[@ivantavares3642]

A consoante H não possui som no português do Brasil

[@coelhovitorcuritiba]

Vim aqui para ajudar meu aluno Nick :-).

[@lovespellcaster8164]

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[@curtpiazza1688]

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[@jelaniherbert8904]

doesn't "pena" means pity in Portuguese?

[@FluentForeverApp]

Looks like it can mean both!

[@Emile.gorgonZola]

It has multiple meanings actuallt

[@joses.4078]

It's same in Spanish, so why am I here? cuz I want to learn BP obviously

[@lovespellcaster8164]

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[@joadsonmatias2610]

This is a very helpful material for foreign students to study and learn Portuguese. Excellent! However, I would like to share some features of the Brazilian Portuguese language since I'm a native speaker. The affricate sounds, phonetically represented by 't' [tʃ] and 'd' [ʤ] before [e] or [i] are phonetic models for a "standard" Brazilian Portuguese which is used to study the language, but in several other regions 't' and 'd' are, respectively, [t] voiceless alveolar plosive and [d] voiced alveolar plosive in any case. For example, 'tomate' [tomatʃi] and 'bonde' [bonʤi, they sound [tomati] and [bondi]]. Other interesting feature is that 'nh' and 'lh' don't sound, respectively, exactly as [ɲ] and [ʎ] in Brazilian Portuguese, but as [n̠ʲ] and [l̠ʲ] The sound /ɲ/ in 'conhecer' [kon̠ʲesex] sounds a little bit softer than, for example, 'año' [aɲo] (Spanish) and 'montagna' [montaɲa] (Italian). The sound [ʎ] can sometimes sound different, as in 'alho' [al̠ʲu] instead of [aʎu]. If you compare to 'família' [famil̠ʲɐ], you can see that they sound the same, but they are written differently. But, in a general way, it's a great content. I find all the videos really useful for my studies! 👏👏

[@FluentForeverApp]

Hello Joadson! Thank you for your valuable feedback. We will take it into account for future videos!

[@alanpapaosoable]

hey you all viewers pay atenttion to the "h" sound. because it is not a glottal voiceless fricative like in english. I think its a epiglotal voiceless fricative. (not the same shit) they both sound alike but they are not the same. pay attention to that and comment if you find info about it. great video by the way.

[@lululipes4382]

Varies from accent to accent

[@lovespellcaster8164]

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[@piadas804]

2:19 It is wrong.

[@machado.r]

What is wrong? BonDE in PT sounds like JEEp, just like he said. "Bonjee"

[@piadas804]

@@machado.r no

[@piadas804]

@@machado.r only in a few dialects, most of the world pronounces It as /bõ.di/, /bõ.dɪ/ or /bõ.de/.

[@piadas804]

@trains and trams no.

[@piadas804]

@stanley I already said NO. In the south and southeast region, it's also d.

[@diogodavid3557]

Ugh it's Brazilian

[@Gadottinho]

brazilian portuguese

[@mashroomy]

Probably because way more people speak Brazilian Portuguese