Portuguese (Lesson #1) - "Decoding words with Andrew" REPEAT 3-5x WEEK BEFORE MOVING TO THE NEXT LESSON

“quero”

I Want

• The Qu should be silent not like “Kid” English pronunciation in English (put your hand to your mouth the air shouldn’t be amplified)

“ir”

To go

“Falar”

to speak

• Barely pronounce the r silent letter

“Portuges”

Portuguese

• Silent p no big puff of air

• hippo you want the small puff of air when pronouncing the P in portugese

• Tu small puff of air

“Eu quero falar”

I want to speak

“Aprender”

to learn

• en (en(g) sounds like g is attached to the end

• pr sounds like a soft d P’D A - Pren - Der

“Nao”

no

• ao is pronounced as if Now(ng) is added to the end

• keep your mouth barely open when you say it

“Fazer”

to do

“Muito”

really

• When you pronounce the t there should be no puff of air coming out

• the to is proundounded like a tu

Eu quero muito fazer

I really want to do it

Eu quero muito ir

I really want to go

Eu quero muito aprender

I really want to learn

Eu nao quero fazer

I dont want to do it

Eu quero fazer

I want to do it

Eu nao quero ir

I don’t want to go

Eu nao quero falar

(I don’t want to speak / talk)

Eu nao quero aprender

i don’t want to learn

Eu quero aprender portugese

I want to learn portugese)

Eu quero falar portugues

(I want to speak portugese)

“Eu quero ir”

I Want to go

Quero Ser Feliz Tambem

I want to be happy To)

“Eu quero muito aprender portuges”

I really want to learn portuguese

“Preciso”

I need

• The s should be pronounced like a (z)

“Eu preciso ir”

I need to go

“Eu preciso aprender”

I need to learn

“Eu preciso aprender portugues”

I need to learn portuguese

Eu preciso muito fazer

I really need to do it

Mais

More

Eu preciso fazer mais

I need to do more

Eu quero fazer mais

I want to do more

Eu quero fazer muito mais

I want to do a lot more

Eu quero aprender muito mais

I want to learn a lot more

Vou

i;m going

• Keep the o sound nice and short

Eu vou fazer

I’m going to do it

Eu vou fazer muito mais

I’m going to do a lot more

Eu vou aprender muito mais

Im going to learn a lot more

Por que portugues

Why portugese?

Porque eu preciso

Because I need it

Gosto

I like

• first o is prounounced like the “awe” in awesome

Porque eu gosto

Because I like (it)

Porque eu gosto da lingua

because I like the language

Porque eu gosto muito da lingua

Because I really like the language

Eu quero aprender portuguese porque eu gosto muito da lingua

I want to learn portuguese because I really like the language