Tá Falado
Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation taught specifically to people who already speak Spanish.
- LevelFor beginners · For intermediate
- PriceFree
- SpokenExplained in English
- Made forFor learners
- Episodes here5 newest
-
asset title: Lesson 1: Pronunciation of /i/, Getting the Check at a Restaurant filename: tafalado_01.mp3 track number: 1/46 time: 10:32 size: 7.41 MB bitrate: 96 kbps There's only one Lesson #1. We'll never have a first again. Today we introduce listeners to the team: Orlando, Valdo, Michelle, and José Luis. Pronunciation wise, we'll look at when Brazilians say words with the sound [i] and culturally Michelle and Valdo talk about what it was like to get the bill in restaurants in the United States. Tune in, join our discussion, download the lesson notes, and become part of Brazilpod. Dialog Portuguese Valdo: Que bife gostoso. Acho que vou pedir mais. Michelle: Mas ele já trouxe a conta. E…
-
asset title: Lesson 2: Pronunciation of /u/, Slamming the Car Door filename: tafalado_02.mp3 track number: 2/46 time: 9:27 size: 6.65 MB bitrate: 96 kbps The good news about Lesson #2 is that we're back. It must be that Lesson #1 gave us hope to move on. In this lesson we listen for the sound /u/ in Portuguese. The tricky thing is that many times it is spelled with an 'o.' Culturally, Valdo and Michelle talk to us about not slamming car doors. It's really true, Brazilians are amazed at how hard Americans slam car doors! Dialog Portuguese Valdo: Puxa vida. Você não tem geladeira em casa, não? Seja mais educada. Michelle: Sinto muito eu ter batido a porta do carro. Valdo: Você sabe que no…
-
asset title: Lesson 3: Pronunciation of /é/ and /ê/, Public Health and Health Insurance filename: tafalado_03.mp3 track number: 3/46 time: 8:45 size: 6.15 MB bitrate: 96 kbps Welcome to one of the great challenges of Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation. Sometimes 'e' sounds similar to the English sound in words like 'get, met, set.' Other times Brazilian 'e' sounds like the Spanish 'e' in words like 'bebe, vive, lleve.' Valdo and Michelle help us out. Culturally they also help us understand how different it is for Brazilians to have to worry about personal health insurance. Dialog Portuguese Valdo: Você já quebrou o pé? Michelle: Quebrei a perna. E você não sabe como pesou no bolso. Valdo:…
-
asset title: Lesson 4: Pronunciation of Open /ó/ and Closed /ô/, Getting on a City Bus filename: tafalado_04.mp3 track number: 4/46 time: 10:21 size: 7.28 MB bitrate: 96 kbps Spanish speakers learn to sing 'a, e, i, o, u, el burro sabe más que tú' and it's a way to show that there are only 5 vowel sounds in Spanish. Portuguese, however, complicates things with what are called 'open' and 'closed' vowel sounds. In this lesson we learn about open /ó/ and closed /ô/. Culturally Michelle and Valdo talk about how different it is to ride a bus in the United States. All we can say is that at least they don't have to cram as tightly into limited space and then wonder the whole time how they are…
-
asset title: Lesson 5: Stressed and Unstressed /a/, Self-Checkout at the Supermarket filename: tafalado_05.mp3 track number: 5/46 time: 9:30 size: 6.52 MB bitrate: 96 kbps There is a tendency for almost every vowel in unstressed syllables in English to turn into what is called a 'schwa'. It is the sound like 'uh'. Listen, for example the 'e' in 'delivery'. When learning Spanish, one of the great challenges is to stop saying 'uh.' 'It's 'nada' not 'naduh'! However, in Portuguese Brazilians also pronounce unstressed /a/ as a schwa. You see, all this time you thought you had bad Spanish and you really just have good Portuguese. As to the cultural situation in this lesson, both Michelle and…
What it is
A University of Texas project that contrasts each Portuguese sound with its Spanish equivalent, using paired dialogues plus a cultural comparison between the US and Brazil. If you come to Portuguese from Spanish it addresses your actual problems — nasal vowels, open and closed e/o, the sounds Spanish simply lacks — rather than starting from zero. Completely free with transcripts, from an academic institution. It is an older series with no new episodes, and useless if you have no Spanish.
Episodes are played straight from the publisher's feed — nothing is hosted here, and the five newest are whatever the feed served when this page was last built. All Portuguese podcasts →