This is saving my life currently. I've been studying Spanish for a decade, and the process of learning Portuguese has been more about unlearning Spanish pronunciation. It's interesting how similar they are, while being so completely different. Thank you for your help!
I'm with you. Learning the words is super easy since I know a lot of Spanish. The pronunciation is MUCH harder. This video is definitely helpful but even so, I find myself slipping into Spanish pronunciation when trying to follow along with him.
You are the best! Seriously! I wish you all the best and wish all the brazilian learners will find you! You really deserve it and I appreciate your teaching abilities so much. Muito Obrigado !
as a chinese who is learning portugese, your way of teaching is so much better to understand the real portuguese language. i have learned so much from you. thank you for the great job.
This is top level stuff, your clear perfectly pace and calming tone and way of constructing the material to really stick and consume along with background information on certain things is remarkable. I literally stumbled across your playlist and so glad I did, new subscriber, excellent!
Andrew, I am wanting to express to you and your online community what a "real gift" your TH-cam Video teaching Platform is... for all whom are blessed to receive it. You are a exceptional instructor; not only for your knowledge of the language structure and grammar; but additionally, for your teaching perspective and abilities, on how to transfer your knowledge to your constituency. An' to further to "top off your skillset," you have excellent diction, in both Portuguese and the English languages. Note; that fact alone, makes you a more gifted and talented "language instructor." I have no doubt, that this (teaching) is your reason; for being in this "earthly plane." You were sent to give and share your knowledge with others. It is my wish... that each person that is being helped (by/thru) your video teachings, bring you, in return, the CREATOR's Blessings and the "Karmetic Blessings" your deserve. I respectfully, salute you... not only for your abilities; but for your willingness to share your knowledge with the rest of the "non-Portuguese speaking persons" of the world. Please know and remember... your work is not going unnoticed or unappreciated. You Rock !!! ...and please keep up the good work.
You are a saint. This whole lesson structure is perfect it’s super simple and seems to sink in the best for me. I really appreciate you creating this series
Thank you so much for your support! Truly hope that it helps you in your language learning journey. Just trying to give back for a language that has given me so much.
Glad you find them useful, Zeno! Let me know if there's a specific type of video format that you especially like so that I can make more of them. Trying to take this channel more seriously and upload consistently instead of posting once every few months, so any input is greatly appreciated! -Andrew
@@DecodingWordswithAndrew your format is great! It’s hard to find videos with spoken/conversational Portuguese so your videos are so helpful in that regard!! Do you offer classes or private lessons?
I don't offer classes, but more and more people have been asking about creating a course, which I might consider. Right now I just want to focus on building out my library of content on YT. In any case, I'd love to take this conversation offline so I can pick your brain to see how I can better tailor my content...if you're down, hit me up on IG or Twitter!
Muito obrigado! (Now I'm going to listen to "Não Chore Mais" by Gilberto Gil -- a really good version of "No Woman No Cry" -- never heard it before you mentioned him here.)
This is awesome! Finished the 9 lessons and doing a deep dive into your pronunciation videos as you recommended! Knowing Spanish is definitely a double edged sword 😂
For sure! And having the advantage of approaching it with a built in vocabulary of words that sound similar already certainly makes things a little easier on my tired and aging brain 😂
Óla, Andrew 😊 I found you have succeeded in creating a perfect teaching method for Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation 👌🏼 I am completely enamored and have lost my heart to this beautiful language 💚💙💛🤍 You are truly dedicated and give your whole captivating personality to us 🫶🏼 Muito obrigada I’m so happy I found your excellent, very clear video tutorials 🙏 P.S. It would be fun to hear how you pronounce my name, which is Sirkku Talvikki Kurikkala Quite a lot of K-letters 😉😉
If you're just a beginner and don't understand anything, it probably won't help much. If you're more intermediate and understand at least 60-70%, then yes.
I just started learning Portuguese a couple of days ago and this channel has been my best resource yet. I do have a question. You mention that the letter "o" is pronounced as "u" as the English word "boot". Why can I still hear the "o" sound when you pronounce it? For example, in the Portuguese word "vivo" I can still hear the "o" sound and not "vivu". Thank you.
Oh My Jesus Christ LOOL I'm French, and I'm also speaking Romanian, Spanish (Latinoamericano), and Italian ... so I thought Portuguese would be easy to finish 😂but this is clearly a NO ! haha ... I'm so confused with all the sounds 😂😂😂
PDF: www.decodingwords.com/pronunciation
Your videos are great... thank you.
Thanks Charles, I appreciate it!
This is saving my life currently. I've been studying Spanish for a decade, and the process of learning Portuguese has been more about unlearning Spanish pronunciation. It's interesting how similar they are, while being so completely different. Thank you for your help!
So great to hear it's helping you!!
That’s the same for me! I am trying to learn Portuguese but always got confused with the pronunciation!
exactly!! same same but different! it’s like a tongue twister!
I'm with you. Learning the words is super easy since I know a lot of Spanish. The pronunciation is MUCH harder. This video is definitely helpful but even so, I find myself slipping into Spanish pronunciation when trying to follow along with him.
For me it's not necessarily the pronunciation but if I don't know a word I resort to a word I know in Spanish which could be the wrong word.
Just started learning Portuguese on Duolingo and was so confused lmao. This channel is helping out a lot. Thank you/
Welcome and happy to help!
You are the best! Seriously! I wish you all the best and wish all the brazilian learners will find you! You really deserve it and I appreciate your teaching abilities so much. Muito Obrigado !
Obrigado a você!! Thanks for making my day :)
@@DecodingWordswithAndrew De nada :D
as a chinese who is learning portugese, your way of teaching is so much better to understand the real portuguese language. i have learned so much from you. thank you for the great job.
Obrigado Weidong!
I've just started Portuguese (I teach French and Spanish by profession). Your channel is the GOAT for learning Portuguese! Subscribed!
Wow, I appreciate that!!! Glad to be a part of your Portuguese journey!
Oh my gosh i love how Portuguese sounds 😊. So cool!
I have Portuguese heritage. It’s been beautiful learning history and language. Thank you!
So cool!
Really helpful in eliminating, or at least reducing, the interference I still have from having learnt Spanish.
Yes, definitely a double-edged sword coming to Portuguese from Spanish
This is top level stuff, your clear perfectly pace and calming tone and way of constructing the material to really stick and consume along with background information on certain things is remarkable. I literally stumbled across your playlist and so glad I did, new subscriber, excellent!
Welcome and great to have you here! I'll be here to support you on your Portuguese journey!
Andrew, I am wanting to express to you and your online community what a "real gift" your TH-cam Video teaching Platform is... for all whom are blessed to receive it. You are a exceptional instructor; not only for your knowledge of the language structure and grammar; but additionally, for your teaching perspective and abilities, on how to transfer your knowledge to your constituency. An' to further to "top off your skillset," you have excellent diction, in both Portuguese and the English languages. Note; that fact alone, makes you a more gifted and talented "language instructor." I have no doubt, that this (teaching) is your reason; for being in this "earthly plane." You were sent to give and share your knowledge with others. It is my wish... that each person that is being helped (by/thru) your video teachings, bring you, in return, the CREATOR's Blessings and the "Karmetic Blessings" your deserve. I respectfully, salute you... not only for your abilities; but for your willingness to share your knowledge with the rest of the "non-Portuguese speaking persons" of the world. Please know and remember... your work is not going unnoticed or unappreciated. You Rock !!! ...and please keep up the good work.
thank you so much, I really appreciate it!!
You are a saint. This whole lesson structure is perfect it’s super simple and seems to sink in the best for me. I really appreciate you creating this series
Glad it helped you!
Great Teacher and communicator. Muito Abrigado
I appreciate it!
This was so helpful honestly! Obrigadaaaa
So glad you found it useful, Georgina!
Quero aprender 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷 Portugues🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷 Eu sou 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 Eu amo aprender linguas diferentes. Quero falar 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷 Portugues fluente 😊😊😊
So grateful for your channel!!!!
Appreciate you brother!!
This is an incredibly valuable lesson to me.
Love to hear that!
many thanks, it was very useful, in learning the different pronunciations - between English, German and know Portuguese.
My pleasure, glad you found it helpful!
This series and channel is so great! I only wish more people knew about it
Thank you so much for your support! Truly hope that it helps you in your language learning journey. Just trying to give back for a language that has given me so much.
Thank you so much for the video !!! I think it's the best one I've seem so far!!!
Glad you found it helpful Carina!!
I am a chinese learning your way i understand better thankssss
Great to hear that Louise!
Hi. Great. I am interested to move to Brazil. So i will watch your all videos with concentration.
Great to hear that…I’ll be here to support you!
You are awesome! Thanks so much for doing this!
Glad you liked it!
Your videos are the most helpful I’ve seen so far! Keep it up, big fan!!
Glad you find them useful, Zeno! Let me know if there's a specific type of video format that you especially like so that I can make more of them. Trying to take this channel more seriously and upload consistently instead of posting once every few months, so any input is greatly appreciated! -Andrew
@@DecodingWordswithAndrew your format is great! It’s hard to find videos with spoken/conversational Portuguese so your videos are so helpful in that regard!! Do you offer classes or private lessons?
I don't offer classes, but more and more people have been asking about creating a course, which I might consider. Right now I just want to focus on building out my library of content on YT. In any case, I'd love to take this conversation offline so I can pick your brain to see how I can better tailor my content...if you're down, hit me up on IG or Twitter!
@@DecodingWordswithAndrew will do!
Amazing way to learn pronounciation!! Using intuition is very efficient and fun to learn!
To me it's the best way :)
Muito obrigado!
(Now I'm going to listen to "Não Chore Mais" by Gilberto Gil -- a really good version of "No Woman No Cry" -- never heard it before you mentioned him here.)
Awesome! He's one of the GOATs!
Este foi o primeiro vídeo que vi e ouvi, facilita o aprendizado do português Muito obrigado
obrigado a vc....que bom que gostou!
So much clarity to how the words and sounds are made !!!
I loved this video!! I understood how to make these sounds so much more clearly!
Glad you liked it!! :)
This is outstanding! Thank you so much
Glad it was helpful, Gian!
Excellent instruction, clear, explicit, with examples, thank you very much.
Glad to hear you found it helpful Patrick!
You are wonderful.
Thank you
Thank you so much!!
obrigada!
de nada!!
Great video, thank you!
glad to hear that Lily!
Thank you so much. I feel like I’m learning a lot from you
Awesome, I'm glad to hear that Antonio!
درس رائع ، شكرا لك
Thank you, this is fantastic
Glad you found it helpful Joshua!
Muchas gracias hermano tu no tienes ninguna idea , cómo me siento al encontrar tú video.. que dios te bendiga.
gracias a ti hermano!!
Excellent video! Very helpful!
So glad you found it helpful! :)
Thanks a lot for posting this video!!!
Glad you liked it!
Absolutely big, fantastic, thanks
glad you liked it!
Thank you for this!
My pleasure!
Please keep making videos. This helped me a lot. Obrigado!!
Great to hear that!!
Thanks Andrew, you are the best language teacher I have ever met😊
Thank you Bowen! I'll be here to support you on your Portuguese journey!
This is awesome! Finished the 9 lessons and doing a deep dive into your pronunciation videos as you recommended! Knowing Spanish is definitely a double edged sword 😂
It is, but still definitely a huge advantage!
For sure! And having the advantage of approaching it with a built in vocabulary of words that sound similar already certainly makes things a little easier on my tired and aging brain 😂
Your vids seem so comprehensive. Setting myself a task to learn Portuguese from your videos only. Let’s see how far I can get!
I appreciate it...I'll be here supporting you on your journey!
muito obrigado mano
obrigado a vc...espero que tenha gostado do video!
I really love your videos. Thanks so much!!!
Glad you like them!
Thanx a lot ❤.. I've been searching for this for a llong time.. Really appreciate it,, and you explained it very well 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Glad it helped!!
amazing video and incredible didactic skills, thank you so much!
Glad it was helpful Sarah!
Óla, Andrew 😊
I found you have succeeded in creating a perfect teaching method for Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation 👌🏼
I am completely enamored and have lost my heart to this beautiful language 💚💙💛🤍
You are truly dedicated and give your whole captivating personality to us 🫶🏼 Muito obrigada
I’m so happy I found your excellent, very clear video tutorials 🙏
P.S. It would be fun to hear how you pronounce my name, which is Sirkku Talvikki Kurikkala
Quite a lot of K-letters 😉😉
Thank you so much! I think I could maybe say “Sirkku” :)
@@DecodingWordswithAndrew Uau, isso mesmo 👏🏻
adorei, adorei!!
Gosto muito desses vídeos. Obrigada, Andrew!
obrigado a vc! :)
Thank you 🙏 you are a great teacher
Thanks, glad you like it!
Will watching my favorite tv show in portuguese help?
Was thinking of binging all of Star Trek to see if id get anywhere in learning.
If you're just a beginner and don't understand anything, it probably won't help much. If you're more intermediate and understand at least 60-70%, then yes.
It caught my attention that `de` in `verde` and in `deu` are pronounced differently. Those nuances seem fascinating
indeed!
Wow this is so useful!
Glad it was helpful Amani!
thank you!
You're welcome Keelah! :)
I just started learning Portuguese a couple of days ago and this channel has been my best resource yet. I do have a question. You mention that the letter "o" is pronounced as "u" as the English word "boot". Why can I still hear the "o" sound when you pronounce it? For example, in the Portuguese word "vivo" I can still hear the "o" sound and not "vivu". Thank you.
I appreciate it! It is pronounced like "oo"
top notch method
great job mate!
thank you so much,, glad you found it helpful!
Very interesting. The 17 minutes flew by like no time at all.
Glad you thought so!!
You left out nh and lh!!! But still it helped a lot thank you❤❤
This was just an intro video of the easiest sounds to pronounce for an English speaker. I was going to do separate videos for those :)
this helped me a lot, thank youuu
Glad it helped!
Sou americano e já sei pronunciar a língua, mas meu problema é que meu sotaque está ruim e quero melhorá-lo.
You are the best
Appreciate you Judith!
Some of these seemed obvious and just seemed natural to me like "fruta". Others like "roupa" were unexpected
I noticed, the "H" in "Hoje" is silent.
that's right
The H is always silent in the begining of a word.
Im a castillian spanish speaker and i keep wanting to pronounce z and c as th 😅😅
Oh My Jesus Christ LOOL I'm French, and I'm also speaking Romanian, Spanish (Latinoamericano), and Italian ... so I thought Portuguese would be easy to finish 😂but this is clearly a NO ! haha ... I'm so confused with all the sounds 😂😂😂
THE GOAAAT
👏🏽❤️🔥