葡萄牙语入门.doc

PAGE 1 - 葡萄牙语入门 Introduction 1. The Portuguese Alphabet 2. Pronunciation Guide 3. Regional Pronunciations 4. Accents used in Portuguese 5. Similarities between Portuguese and English 6. More examples of similar words 1. The Portuguese Alphabet A B C D E F G H I J L M N O P Q R S T U V X Z The Portuguese alphabet consists of 23 letters (18 consonants and 5 vowels). The letters K, W and Y do not belong to the Portuguese alphabet, but they can be used in names (Wagner/Wilson/Yara/Amaury) or with international terms (kg/km/watt, etc.). Remark: It is important to know how to pronounce the alphabet as sometimes you have to spell your name or ask people to spell something for you. 2. Pronunciation Guide The comparison with English words should help you pronounce the words correctly in Portuguese. Please note that not every sound can be reproduced in written form. LETTER PORTUGUESE MEANING SOUND ENGLISH A aluno student sounds like [a] father alem? German nasal sound --?? B bala candy sounds like [b] bay C casa house ca/co/cu sounds like [k] key cedo early ce/ci sounds like [s] city ? mo?a young woman ?a/?o/?u sounds like [s] city CH cheque check sounds like [sh] she D data date sounds like [d] day E letra, você letter, you sounds like [e] them leite milk sounds like [ee] at the end, if unstressed cheese festa, café party, coffee sounds like [e] bed F faca knife sounds like [f] for G gato cat ga/go/gu sounds like [g] get gelo ice ge/gi sounds like [g] beige GU água water gua/guo sounds like [gw] Nicara português Portuguese gue/gui sounds like [g] get lingüi?a sausage güe/güi sounds like [gw] Nicara H hotel hotel h is always silent, except for borrowed words such as hall, hobby, etc. -- I camisa shirt sounds like [ea] meat J jornal newspaper sounds like [g] beige L laranja orange la/le/li/lo/lu sounds like [l] like Brasil Brazil al/el/il/ol/ul sounds like [w] few LH trabalho work sounds like [ll] million M mapa map sounds like [m] more bom good sounds bet