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 Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2005 4:35 pm
Welcome to the Portuguese General Discussion! This is where we discuss everything related to the Portuguese language, including, but not limited to:
-asking specific questions about Portuguese vocabulary and grammar (people who can speak Portuguese fluently can help answer others' questions)
-recommendations for Portuguese dictionaries, websites, etc
-and everything else about the beautiful langauge of Portugal! 3nodding
Please note that although speaking in Portugese is allowed here, it is not mandatory.
Let's start off with a few facts about the Portuguese language:
Spoken in: Angola, Andorra, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Guinea Bissau, Luxembourg, Macao S.A.R. of China, Mozambique, Namibia, Paraguay, Portugal, Sao Tome and Principe, and other countries.
Total number of speakers: 208-218 million
Language Family: Romance Languages (along with Spanish, Italian, Romanian, French, and others)
Regulated by: International Portuguese Language Institute; CPLP
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Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2005 4:43 pm
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Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2005 5:25 pm
DICTIONARIES/GRAMMAR BOOKS ETC
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Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2005 5:30 pm
If anyone here has any other reccommendations for websites/dictionaries/grammar books etc, please feel free to tell us about them in this thread.
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Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2005 1:01 pm
alguem aqui fala portugeis
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Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2005 2:06 pm
I don't speak portugeese, but I have always wondered what does the "a" with a "~" over it sound like?
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Spanish Nerd Vice Captain
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Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2005 2:10 pm
spanishnerd99 I don''t speak portugeese, but I have always wondered what does the "a" with a "~" over it sound like? The "~" over any vowel means that you have to add in a nasal sound. For example, o with an ~ over it means you pronounce the o like the French word "on". (The sound doesn''t exist in English or in Spanish, so I dunno if you get what I''m saying sweatdrop )
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Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2005 2:13 pm
could you give me a word with that vowel...and pronounce it like in English? Does it sound like "ay" like an "N" with a tilde in Spanish sounds like "ny"?
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Spanish Nerd Vice Captain
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Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2005 2:16 pm
spanishnerd99 could you give me a word with that vowel...and pronounce it like in English? Does it sound like "ay" like an "N" with a tilde in Spanish sounds like "ny"? not at all sweatdrop it's more like... *thinks* it's kind of like the word "on" in English, but it's as if you don't finish pronoucing the 'n'... kind of as if you're pushing the n through your nose, I guess O.o
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Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2005 2:16 pm
spanishnerd99 I don't speak portugeese, but I have always wondered what does the "a" with a "~" over it sound like? i dont really know but when u put that on top of the word it makes a different sound. i havent written in portugese since i was 8 i moved to U.S. and stoped writtin in that laguage, although i can still speak it and understand it
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Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2005 2:33 pm
Proudly_Jewish spanishnerd99 could you give me a word with that vowel...and pronounce it like in English? Does it sound like "ay" like an "N" with a tilde in Spanish sounds like "ny"? not at all sweatdrop it's more like... *thinks* it's kind of like the word "on" in English, but it's as if you don't finish pronoucing the 'n'... kind of as if you're pushing the n through your nose, I guess O.o Ok. Well, thank you...
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Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2005 2:40 pm
spanishnerd99 Proudly_Jewish spanishnerd99 could you give me a word with that vowel...and pronounce it like in English? Does it sound like "ay" like an "N" with a tilde in Spanish sounds like "ny"? not at all sweatdrop it's more like... *thinks* it's kind of like the word "on" in English, but it's as if you don't finish pronoucing the 'n'... kind of as if you're pushing the n through your nose, I guess O.o Ok. Well, thank you... yeah, it's hard to explain >.< if you ever learn French in the future you'll understand what I mean, there's a sound exactly like it in French 3nodding (French is similar to Spanish by the way, so it would be easy for you to learn French 3nodding )
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Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2005 3:23 pm
Proudly_Jewish spanishnerd99 Proudly_Jewish spanishnerd99 could you give me a word with that vowel...and pronounce it like in English? Does it sound like "ay" like an "N" with a tilde in Spanish sounds like "ny"? not at all sweatdrop it's more like... *thinks* it's kind of like the word "on" in English, but it's as if you don't finish pronoucing the 'n'... kind of as if you're pushing the n through your nose, I guess O.o Ok. Well, thank you... yeah, it's hard to explain >.< if you ever learn French in the future you'll understand what I mean, there's a sound exactly like it in French 3nodding (French is similar to Spanish by the way, so it would be easy for you to learn French 3nodding ) French is quite odd to me...not in a bad way though. A lot of the letters are pronounced oddly. Another question I have about portugese: Does it sound kind of like spanish? I was on the Internet, and I found a site thinking it was in spanish...until I read the 2nd sentance.
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Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2005 3:25 pm
spanishnerd99 Proudly_Jewish spanishnerd99 Proudly_Jewish spanishnerd99 could you give me a word with that vowel...and pronounce it like in English? Does it sound like "ay" like an "N" with a tilde in Spanish sounds like "ny"? not at all sweatdrop it's more like... *thinks* it's kind of like the word "on" in English, but it's as if you don't finish pronoucing the 'n'... kind of as if you're pushing the n through your nose, I guess O.o Ok. Well, thank you... yeah, it's hard to explain >.< if you ever learn French in the future you'll understand what I mean, there's a sound exactly like it in French 3nodding (French is similar to Spanish by the way, so it would be easy for you to learn French 3nodding ) French is quite odd to me...not in a bad way though. A lot of the letters are pronounced oddly. Another question I have about portugese: Does it sound kind of like spanish? I was on the Internet, and I found a site thinking it was in spanish...until I read the 2nd sentance. no actually... the written language is unbelievably similar to Spanish, but the pronouciation is more like French surprised for some reason when I listen to Portuguese I'm always under the impression that it's Spanish being spoken by a Dutch or German speaker confused
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Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2005 3:26 pm
Proudly_Jewish spanishnerd99 Proudly_Jewish spanishnerd99 Proudly_Jewish spanishnerd99 could you give me a word with that vowel...and pronounce it like in English? Does it sound like "ay" like an "N" with a tilde in Spanish sounds like "ny"? not at all sweatdrop it's more like... *thinks* it's kind of like the word "on" in English, but it's as if you don't finish pronoucing the 'n'... kind of as if you're pushing the n through your nose, I guess O.o Ok. Well, thank you... yeah, it's hard to explain >.< if you ever learn French in the future you'll understand what I mean, there's a sound exactly like it in French 3nodding (French is similar to Spanish by the way, so it would be easy for you to learn French 3nodding ) French is quite odd to me...not in a bad way though. A lot of the letters are pronounced oddly. Another question I have about portugese: Does it sound kind of like spanish? I was on the Internet, and I found a site thinking it was in spanish...until I read the 2nd sentance. no actually... the written language is unbelievably similar to Spanish, but the pronouciation is more like French surprised for some reason when I listen to Portuguese I'm always under the impression that it's Spanish being spoken by a Dutch or German speaker confused Wow...that's an interesting statement. Thank you again.
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