Spelling and understanding
Deze les is nog niet in jouw taal beschikbaar — hij wordt in het Engels getoond.
Woordenschat
- letraletter
- soletrarto spell
- alfabetoalphabet
- maiúsculauppercase
- minúsculalowercase
- emailemail
- endereçoaddress
- arrobaat sign (@)
- pontodot / period
- repita por favorrepeat please
- como se escreve?how do you spell it?
- mais devagarmore slowly
The Portuguese Alphabet
The Portuguese alphabet has 26 letters, the same as English. However, the pronunciation is very different:
- A (á), B (bê), C (cê), D (dê), E (é)
- F (efe), G (gê), H (agá), I (i), J (jota)
- K (capa), L (ele), M (eme), N (ene), O (ó)
Special Characters
Portuguese uses several accents and special characters:
- ã / õ → nasal sounds (unique to Portuguese!)
- ç → "s" sound (cedilha)
- á, é, ó → open vowels with acute accent
- â, ê, ô → closed vowels with circumflex
💬 Example: "Como se escreve?" → "How do you spell it?"
💬 Example: "M-A-R-I-A" → spelling out a name
Email Addresses
- @ is called arroba in Portuguese
- . is called ponto
- maria@email.pt → "maria, arroba, email, ponto, pt"
Uitdrukkingen
- Como se escreve?Asking how to spell something
- Pode soletrar?Can you spell it?
- Repita, por favorAsking someone to repeat
- Mais devagar, por favorAsking someone to speak slower
- É com acento?Asking if there is an accent
- É maiúscula ou minúscula?Uppercase or lowercase?
Veelgemaakte fouten
Pronouncing H in PortugueseH is silent in PortugueseUnlike English, H is always silent in Portuguese: hotel = otel.
Ignoring the cedilha (ç)Always write ç before a, o, uÇ makes an s sound: França, coração. Without it, ca would be ka.
Confusing ã and anã is a nasal vowelThe til (~) creates a nasal sound, different from a+n.
Using English letter namesLearn Portuguese letter namesLetter names are different: R is erre, W is dáblio, Y is ípsilon.
Forgetting accents when spellingAlways mention accentsSay the accent type: acento agudo (á), til (ã), cedilha (ç).
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