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Saturday, June 27, 2015

Portuguese alphabet

Portuguese is a descendent of Latin.
See the alphabets below :



Letter
Name of the Letter
Sound (IPA)
Sound (compared to English)
Example
A
a
a
a as in american father
fado
fate
B
be
b
b as in bee (no aspiration)
beber
to drink
C
ce
k
c like in account
coisa
thing
s
c like in since
cedo
early
D
de
d
d as in dozen
dois
two
E
e
e
é as in French fiancée or e in Spanish negro
bela
beautiful
ai as in french Palais or e as in English bed
ferro
iron
F
efe
f
f as in fine
folha
sheet
G
ge
g
g as in ago
Gótico
Gothic
s as in pleasure or j as in French Jean
geográfico
geographic
H
agá
soundless
hora
hour
I
i
i
ee as in bee but shorter or i as in spanish mina
mito
mith
J
jota
s as in pleasure or j as in French Jean
joia
jewel
L
ele
l
l as in lamb, never as in jungle
letra
letter
M
eme
m
m as in mother
morteiro
N
ene
n
n as in never
nada
nothing
O
o
o
o as in French mot or o as in Spanish no
total
total
a as in ball or aw as in law
lorde
lord
P
pe
p
p as in people; not aspired
pata
paw
Q
que
k
c like in account
querer
to want
R
erre
dd as in ladder
caricatura
caricature
more or less, r in French patrie
carro
car
S
esse
s
s as in since
sela
saddle
z
z as in zoo
casa
house
T
t
t
t as in tongue
tropas
troops
U
u
u
oo as in boot, but shorter or ou as in French fou
utopia
utopia
V
ve
v
v as in victory
vitória
victory
X
xis
sh as in she
xílofone
x as in oxyde
óxido
oxyde
s
s as in since
explosão
explosion
z
z as in Brazil
zero
zero
soundless
exceção
exception
Z
ze
z
z as in Brazil
azimute


Note: the letter q is always preceded by a u.
Vowels :

  • A [ah]
  • E [ayh]
  • I [ee]
  • O [ohr]
  • U [oo]


This is the very basic thing, and we will come here with grammer and simple sentenses