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How to Learn Portuguese Vowel Sounds “E” & “O”

August 1, 2017 By Idahosa 2 Comments

If you want to master Portuguese, you must learn to pronounce the Portuguese vowels.

In this article, I’ll go over the pronunciation of the Portuguese “e” and “o”.

First, need to know that there are three ways each to pronounce “e” and “o”.

Sometimes, you can figure out the correct Portuguese vowel pronunciation by looking at the accent marks.

The “open” vowels are sometimes written with an acute accent (é/ó). The “closed” vowels are sometimes written with a circumflex (ê/ô). (More on what “open” and “closed” means later.)

Bust in most cases, these vowels are written without any accent, so it’s not obvious what the pronunciation should be.

Pronounce “e” or “o” the wrong way, and it’s a dead giveaway that you’re a gringo. 

If you want to get closer to Brazilians by impressing them with your accent, you need to master these vowel pronunciation distinctions.

This post tells you everything you need to do precisely that.

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Trust in Science! The First Brazilian Portuguese Flow Breakdown

June 8, 2013 By Idahosa Leave a Comment

After a lot of positive feedback for my first Flow Breakdown video, I have released a second one – “Trust in Science.” This is a breakdown of the Brazilian Portuguese song “Rios, Pontes e Overdrives” by Chico Science and Nação Zumbi.

I take a different approach with this video. Here I focus more on the meaning of the lyrics and their context, leaving the Flow training for this post. Other things I cover are:

  • The History of Chico Science and the Mangue-bit (mangue-beat) cultural movement.
  • The physiology behind Nasal Vowels
  • How to drum one of the key rhythms from the Afro-Brazilian genre of Maracatu

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