I have been learning Brazilian Portuguese for a while and always knew Portuguese accent was different but when I heard two Portuguese friends talking I honestly couldn't understand anything. I was like, how can this be the same language???? I was so lost
That's true, the same thing happens to English and Spanish. I still find it hard to understand some British accents since I'm more familiar with American English.
@@marializ7 I've often heard this and I'm sure it's true, but it doesn't seem like it when I hear them both. As an English native speaker the differences between British and American English don't sound as big as between European and Brazilian Portuguese by ear. But then again - it's hard to say, Im biased to English 🤣
My tip for the r in garrafa, is pronuncia como em francés, eu falo frances, italiano, inglés, español, estou aprendendo português, muito obrigada pelas dicas, procurarei lembrar algumas destas regras de pronúncia Liz.
Thank you for the video, Liz! I like your tip on pausing before difficult sounds when practicing until it feels natural. "Lh" is the trickiest for me, too. I had been pronouncing it like the "y" in "yoyo," but a book I recently bought explained that you actually touch the back of your teeth with your tongue to make the sound, and it was a game changer! The Portuguese "rr" is like the French "r," so I am okay with that, but words like raro and carregar that switch between "r" sounds sometimes trip me up. (And sobrecarregar is just plain mean! 😅)
I would agree that French "r" and Portuguese "rr" are articulated from more or less the same place. I don't know how to describe it technically, but the Portuguese version seems to sound much harder than the French one. The Brazilian version is also softer.
Thank you. After three months learning (with Leo, you, Carla, Mia, Maria and others (and vocab and grammar training)) AND doing the Caminho from Lisboa, google translates my spoken "revolução dos cravos" (and more) into English with no problems.
For me, the hardest to remember to pronounce is the 'sh' s at the end of almost every word! No problem at all with 'lh', but yes, the guttural 'rr' is close to impossible for me. And 'euros' had me defeated for quite a while - but it was hearing the word that was the problem. I find hearing spoken Portuguese to be way more challenging than pronouncing it myself. Not that my pronunciation is anything to write home about...
Really appreciate this! One I'm struggling with is "rainha". Not that it's a one that I'll regularly use (almost never) but whenever it turns up I fail miserably
Hi! Fellow Portuguese in here! 🙋🏻♀️ It is amazing how you can pronounce such difficult yet basic words. I speak three languages fluently and I remember that, when I was learning Italian, the word I struggled with the most (and I still do, I confess 🤣) was "città" (city) because we tend to put the stress in the "ci" (tch sound) instead of the "à". It is so hard to say it properly while speaking faster. So I comprehend your struggles and wish you all good luck! 🍀
Árvore is the hardest word for me to pronounce. I think it's the tapped r followed by a consonant instead of a vowel that makes it harder than other words for me. (In Japanese, the latin r makes a very similar sound. When people try to order teriyaki or nigiri, I always wince. I tell them it's primarily a d sound with a hint of r blended into it.)
I am really loving your videos. Would you ever do one focused on people that will travel short term for summer and give us some phrases to greet a tour guide or a hotel concierge etc?
On your channel recommendation, I downloaded a Portuguese TV app and watched a (bizarre 😂) show - one woman in it sounded like she was speaking Russian - it was Portuguese though! Some of the other people I could pick up some words. I guess the woman maybe had a specific regional accent- I’m not sure, but if I’d heard it on the street in the U.K. I would’ve presumed she was from Russia not Portugal!
you are presenting that, what I missed for years!!!! So grateful to get exactly what I need to know for my pronunciation !!! Writing and reading works ok, but missed the right touch of a little lesson in portuguese language from the continent, of courseXXX Thank you so very much :)))😀😍🤩💕👋👋👋🌊🌊🌊🎀🇵🇹💚❤💚🇵🇹💚❤💚
I think one of the hardest words to pronounce in European Portuguese is excelente, excellent in English. Listen to it on Linguee in comparison to Brazilian Portuguese.
Wow, Liz! Such a helpful episode. I couldn’t get my head around most of these words. This video helped me with a technique to approach these problem words/sounds.
Excellent pronunciation, congratulations! As for the "lhe" sound, a trick is to place the tip of the tongue against the bottom teeth and then draw it back slightly and suddenly inwards. Hope this helps :)
Thank you so much! I'd love to help you out - have you checked my free lesson for beginners? It's a great place to get started, the link is in the description 😊
Some of sound very easy to me as a Romanian speaker. We also have diphthongs and even triphthongs :))). The nasal sounds though are a lot more difficult.
Great video Liz love the tip about splitting the words up into parts and taking a break before the "difficult" part. Your videos have been so helpful to me I am always excited to see when there is a new one in my feed!
Really liked the video Liz. Thanks. One I always struggle with is one of the simplest; 'ir' as in 'to go'. It feels like the 'i' goes on way too long and the 'r' is rounded off with a sort of 'd' sound.
Bem = well. We use it to describe an action “ela canta muito bem” Bom/Boa = good. We use it to describe a noun eg. “uma boa ideia”. Bom is masculine, boa is feminine!
The word that I struggle with the most is one of the most important words 😭 yes, sim. Cause you still pronounce m but it’s almost silent and quite frustrating
Olá ! Tenho assistido muito os seus vídeos , e está tudo muito bem explicado, eu sou português e admito, está tudo correto , ultimamente eu tenho me interessado pela língua portuguesa, assistir a vídeos , e saber mais sobre , eu acho que é uma língua muito bonita e rica. Apesar de eu não ver a língua portuguesa como uma língua difícil para usar no dia-a-dia (porque eu nasci aqui obviamente) , é tudo automático , é o hábito.. porém, nos "testamentos" das leis e isso assim, eles colocam lá palavras bastante complexas que nem eu mesmo consigo saber o significado. lol Mas isso são nas leis do governo (mais formais e complexas) porque no dia-a-dia ninguém fala assim. De novo, está tudo correto , obrigado pela Liz gostar da língua portuguesa e de Portugal e por espalhar a sua sabedoria para as outras pessoas que estão a aprender português de Portugal. Fique com Deus , saúde!
Desculpe, mas você não é português. Percebe-se na construção das frases e numa certa incoerência fo texto; há também problemas de gramática. Tentativa suficiente... se é português, pode melhorar o domínio da sua língua-mãe.
My most difficult words are pão and cão. I have made a whole table of native Portuguese speakers laugh as I tried to pronounce pão. My response to them is "estou velho e confuso".
This was a great video. I think if people knew how awful it sounds to native language speakers when they hear the English pronunciation coming through, people would try harder.
Hi Liz! I always struggle with words that have an “r” as the second letter. I.e. trabalhou. I either roll the r too hard or not at all. Any tips?! Thank you!
In South Africa, Portuguese (40 000-100 000) is the third most spoken language amongst White South Africans after Afrikaans (2 700 000) and English (1 845 000). Almost all Portuguese South Africans are Madeiran including the founder of Nando's.
I think the hardest Word for me to learn in the Portuguese language was “ bacalhau” my friends, and I would always try to say “buckle-yowe”. That “lh” sound, along with nasalizing the ending is difficult!
Ok wait…. Have I been saying my own last name wrong my whole life???? Sousa… I’ve been saying Sue-Sa, and correcting the people that say it how I think you’re explaining it hahaha well, that’s embarrassing.. how would you say Sousa?
@@TalktheStreets ok, not as bad as I thought it was going to be! That’s how I’ve heard any Portuguese person say it, but a lot of people say it more like ‘sow-sa’, and without an accent just sounds ridiculous. Thanks Liz! :) Now I can finally say my name properly 😂
Love your videos but could you please make a small pause after pronouncing a word? It seems you make a hard and fast cut and go onto the next word immediately but my brain needs just one second to absorb what you said. Would be great, thanks.
@@TalktheStreets Yes thanks but then it always goes back 10 seconds and I lose concentration. Just need a second of a pause during which sometimes I am also directly repeating the word but before I finish the next word comes up.
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Which other words trip you up when trying to pronounce them? Comment below and I'll make a part two!
Exceção
Bacalhau
âo words! Especially all the people I know called João!
Rei
@@kingjames2226 The above 2 choices made me laugh, as my friend is called João Rei ;-)
I have been learning Brazilian Portuguese for a while and always knew Portuguese accent was different but when I heard two Portuguese friends talking I honestly couldn't understand anything. I was like, how can this be the same language???? I was so lost
Eheh, true!!
That's true, the same thing happens to English and Spanish. I still find it hard to understand some British accents since I'm more familiar with American English.
That difference is exactly the same as between British and American English.
@@marializ7 I've often heard this and I'm sure it's true, but it doesn't seem like it when I hear them both. As an English native speaker the differences between British and American English don't sound as big as between European and Brazilian Portuguese by ear. But then again - it's hard to say, Im biased to English 🤣
@@francis_n Wait until you get to São Miguel island
também podes ensinar os lisboetas a dizer os ditongos
Excellent lesson, Liz, very helpful!
Glad you think so!
My tip for the r in garrafa, is pronuncia como em francés, eu falo frances, italiano, inglés, español, estou aprendendo português, muito obrigada pelas dicas, procurarei lembrar algumas destas regras de pronúncia Liz.
"Estacionamento" :D This must be the hardest word to say in any language, ever!!!
I'll try to cover this one soon!
Try learning lithuanian, then we will talk about dificulty 😂
Thank you for the video, Liz! I like your tip on pausing before difficult sounds when practicing until it feels natural. "Lh" is the trickiest for me, too. I had been pronouncing it like the "y" in "yoyo," but a book I recently bought explained that you actually touch the back of your teeth with your tongue to make the sound, and it was a game changer! The Portuguese "rr" is like the French "r," so I am okay with that, but words like raro and carregar that switch between "r" sounds sometimes trip me up. (And sobrecarregar is just plain mean! 😅)
So glad you liked it! 🥰 WOW, sobrecarregar is crazyyy indeed!
I would agree that French "r" and Portuguese "rr" are articulated from more or less the same place. I don't know how to describe it technically, but the Portuguese version seems to sound much harder than the French one. The Brazilian version is also softer.
Thank you. After three months learning (with Leo, you, Carla, Mia, Maria and others (and vocab and grammar training)) AND doing the Caminho from Lisboa, google translates my spoken "revolução dos cravos" (and more) into English with no problems.
For me, the hardest to remember to pronounce is the 'sh' s at the end of almost every word! No problem at all with 'lh', but yes, the guttural 'rr' is close to impossible for me. And 'euros' had me defeated for quite a while - but it was hearing the word that was the problem. I find hearing spoken Portuguese to be way more challenging than pronouncing it myself. Not that my pronunciation is anything to write home about...
Really appreciate this! One I'm struggling with is "rainha". Not that it's a one that I'll regularly use (almost never) but whenever it turns up I fail miserably
That is a tricky one indeed! We should accentuate the "í"!
Hi! Fellow Portuguese in here! 🙋🏻♀️ It is amazing how you can pronounce such difficult yet basic words. I speak three languages fluently and I remember that, when I was learning Italian, the word I struggled with the most (and I still do, I confess 🤣) was "città" (city) because we tend to put the stress in the "ci" (tch sound) instead of the "à". It is so hard to say it properly while speaking faster. So I comprehend your struggles and wish you all good luck! 🍀
Thanks for sharing!! 😊 glad you liked the video!
Muito obrigda , thank you so much for European Portuguese Lessons !!!
Glad you like them!
Árvore is the hardest word for me to pronounce. I think it's the tapped r followed by a consonant instead of a vowel that makes it harder than other words for me. (In Japanese, the latin r makes a very similar sound. When people try to order teriyaki or nigiri, I always wince. I tell them it's primarily a d sound with a hint of r blended into it.)
This was easier than expected the one I seem to struggle with is the first one.
I am really loving your videos. Would you ever do one focused on people that will travel short term for summer and give us some phrases to greet a tour guide or a hotel concierge etc?
So glad 😊 Definitely on my list!
@@TalktheStreets amazing 🙏
Thank you LIZ
On your channel recommendation, I downloaded a Portuguese TV app and watched a (bizarre 😂) show - one woman in it sounded like she was speaking Russian - it was Portuguese though! Some of the other people I could pick up some words. I guess the woman maybe had a specific regional accent- I’m not sure, but if I’d heard it on the street in the U.K. I would’ve presumed she was from Russia not Portugal!
you are presenting that, what I missed for years!!!! So grateful to get exactly what I need to know for my pronunciation !!! Writing and reading works ok, but missed the right touch of a little lesson in portuguese language from the continent, of courseXXX Thank you so very much :)))😀😍🤩💕👋👋👋🌊🌊🌊🎀🇵🇹💚❤💚🇵🇹💚❤💚
You're very welcome!
Excellent job, thank you very much.
Thanks! I enjoyed it and thought it was very good.
Thank you so much! 😊
I think one of the hardest words to pronounce in European Portuguese is excelente, excellent in English. Listen to it on Linguee in comparison to Brazilian Portuguese.
bravo... great job!
Wow, Liz! Such a helpful episode. I couldn’t get my head around most of these words. This video helped me with a technique to approach these problem words/sounds.
Glad it was helpful!
Excellent pronunciation, congratulations! As for the "lhe" sound, a trick is to place the tip of the tongue against the bottom teeth and then draw it back slightly and suddenly inwards. Hope this helps :)
Thanks for sharing!
Another great video. Thank you! I really do have to start taking your course.
Thank you so much! I'd love to help you out - have you checked my free lesson for beginners? It's a great place to get started, the link is in the description 😊
Nice and Easy
Awesome info, thanks🤙🏽
Glad you found this video helpful!
Some of sound very easy to me as a Romanian speaker. We also have diphthongs and even triphthongs :))).
The nasal sounds though are a lot more difficult.
Great video Liz love the tip about splitting the words up into parts and taking a break before the "difficult" part. Your videos have been so helpful to me I am always excited to see when there is a new one in my feed!
Glad you liked it!!
Really liked the video Liz. Thanks. One I always struggle with is one of the simplest; 'ir' as in 'to go'. It feels like the 'i' goes on way too long and the 'r' is rounded off with a sort of 'd' sound.
So true!
muito obrigada pelo teu video ótimo, Liz!! 👍🏻 eu aprendi muito! Para mim, os sons nasais são os mais difíceis para pronunciar 🙈
De nada! São bem difíceis!
Ola Liz, muito obrigado pelo video interessante! 🌹
de nada! 🥰
Always struggle with words featuring Qu Qe or QI the problem is when to stress the Q element. Thanks for the video very useful.
Glad you liked it! 😊
Bacalhau will always be the most difficult word for me. 😅
Definitely a hard one, but one we MUST know when in Portugal 😂
I’m still struggling with BEM-any top tips or video hyperlinks please 🙏?
When to use Bom bem and boa
Bem = well. We use it to describe an action “ela canta muito bem” Bom/Boa = good. We use it to describe a noun eg. “uma boa ideia”. Bom is masculine, boa is feminine!
The word that I struggle with the most is one of the most important words 😭 yes, sim. Cause you still pronounce m but it’s almost silent and quite frustrating
Another good vid, Liz. Just today I was struggling with "calças sujas."
Glad it was helpful!
Olá ! Tenho assistido muito os seus vídeos , e está tudo muito bem explicado, eu sou português e admito, está tudo correto , ultimamente eu tenho me interessado pela língua portuguesa, assistir a vídeos , e saber mais sobre , eu acho que é uma língua muito bonita e rica. Apesar de eu não ver a língua portuguesa como uma língua difícil para usar no dia-a-dia (porque eu nasci aqui obviamente) , é tudo automático , é o hábito.. porém, nos "testamentos" das leis e isso assim, eles colocam lá palavras bastante complexas que nem eu mesmo consigo saber o significado. lol Mas isso são nas leis do governo (mais formais e complexas) porque no dia-a-dia ninguém fala assim. De novo, está tudo correto , obrigado pela Liz gostar da língua portuguesa e de Portugal e por espalhar a sua sabedoria para as outras pessoas que estão a aprender português de Portugal. Fique com Deus , saúde!
muito obrigada!
Desculpe, mas você não é português. Percebe-se na construção das frases e numa certa incoerência fo texto; há também problemas de gramática. Tentativa suficiente... se é português, pode melhorar o domínio da sua língua-mãe.
2 words I've considered difficult to pronouce are cabeleireira and Arroios haha
uh, definitely! 🫣
Try Arraiolos😄
What about this one? "inconstitucionalissimamente"
My most difficult words are pão and cão. I have made a whole table of native Portuguese speakers laugh as I tried to pronounce pão. My response to them is "estou velho e confuso".
But you better do it in closed doors :)
This was a great video. I think if people knew how awful it sounds to native language speakers when they hear the English pronunciation coming through, people would try harder.
glad you enjoyed the video!
Hi Liz! I always struggle with words that have an “r” as the second letter. I.e. trabalhou. I either roll the r too hard or not at all. Any tips?! Thank you!
Whoops you may mention it in your other video!
Quite easy for a native Russian speaker
Saying RR with a throat sound works, but normally is pronounced with a upper mouth sound. At least to my knowledge 🙂
Native speaker here. I naturally use the gutural rr, I always have. It's correct to do it.
07:55
so funny ahahah
In South Africa, Portuguese (40 000-100 000) is the third most spoken language amongst White South Africans after Afrikaans (2 700 000) and English (1 845 000). Almost all Portuguese South Africans are Madeiran including the founder of Nando's.
I still don’t feel like “eu” comes out even the same way every time, let alone correctly 😂
More practice!
I find the really long words sometimes difficult to pronounce.
Split them into syllables and do it slowly, it's the only way!
@@TalktheStreets thanks
The only difficult I had was to pronounce the vowels "ou" correctly. I normally didn't speak the u after the o. I am German.
Glad I could help!
@@TalktheStreets Do all speakers really pronounce it as a diphthong, or do some say it as a closed "o"?
Bem vinda de volta!
@@markbr5898 depends on the region. Very pronounced diphthong in the north, around Porto
Arroz. Argggh.
I NEED HELP WITH PÃO IT’S FREAKING HARD
I think the hardest Word for me to learn in the Portuguese language was “ bacalhau” my friends, and I would always try to say “buckle-yowe”. That “lh” sound, along with nasalizing the ending is difficult!
😮
You speak like a native from the North; the true and purest form of pronunciation.
Ok wait…. Have I been saying my own last name wrong my whole life????
Sousa… I’ve been saying Sue-Sa, and correcting the people that say it how I think you’re explaining it hahaha well, that’s embarrassing..
how would you say Sousa?
Hi Tim! You do have to go from an o to an u (diphthong). The first S sounds like a C/S and the last one like a Z! Hope this helps
@@TalktheStreets ok, not as bad as I thought it was going to be! That’s how I’ve heard any Portuguese person say it, but a lot of people say it more like ‘sow-sa’, and without an accent just sounds ridiculous.
Thanks Liz! :) Now I can finally say my name properly 😂
Hardest word to pronounce in Portuguese is hairdresser. Cabel wotsit😂😂
Haha yep terrible word!
Love your videos but could you please make a small pause after pronouncing a word? It seems you make a hard and fast cut and go onto the next word immediately but my brain needs just one second to absorb what you said. Would be great, thanks.
Noted! Feel free to also pause the video and rewind as many times as you need!
@@TalktheStreets Yes thanks but then it always goes back 10 seconds and I lose concentration. Just need a second of a pause during which sometimes I am also directly repeating the word but before I finish the next word comes up.
I find ‘homem’ and especially ‘homens’ impossible!!🙈🙈🙈
So do a lot of women... don't worry
You talk english a lot please decrease english
She's British, why should she stop speaking her own language? She teaches Portuguese for English speakers, that's it!
That's not the point that Kimsin is making.
Very helpful 🎉😊
I'm so glad!
Parvalheira…..
MELHOR….
M E L H O R
E O U…Euros…
O U ……SOU
Teach the sound of the vowels first and then the other stuff.