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🇵🇹 Portugees · A1 · Greetings & Introductions

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 Portuguese
    H is silent in Portuguese

    Unlike English, H is always silent in Portuguese: hotel = otel.

  • Ignoring the cedilha (ç)
    Always write ç before a, o, u

    Ç makes an s sound: França, coração. Without it, ca would be ka.

  • Confusing ã and an
    ã is a nasal vowel

    The til (~) creates a nasal sound, different from a+n.

  • Using English letter names
    Learn Portuguese letter names

    Letter names are different: R is erre, W is dáblio, Y is ípsilon.

  • Forgetting accents when spelling
    Always mention accents

    Say the accent type: acento agudo (á), til (ã), cedilha (ç).

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