How is my Portuguese? - Petros Agapetos

[Petros Agapetos]

http://vocaroo.com/i/s1dfW0SCyrwI
Essa moca ta differente - one of my favorite Brazilian songs


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLk4EH9FWwI

http://vocaroo.com/i/s02QTKRGUWQj
Here I am singing the song.

Please rate my pronunciation. How does it sound?

[Damião de Góis]

It's better than i was expecting. Maybe 85% understandable.

[AphroditeWorshiper]

very good! almost perfect! :eek:

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[Petros Agapetos]

It's better than i was expecting. Maybe 85% understandable.

Wow, thank you very much. I get my Brazilian from my favorite Bossa Nova songs, so I am only familiar with Brazilian Portuguese. Is there a major difference between the accents of Portugal and Brazil?

[Petros Agapetos]

http://vocaroo.com/i/s0bWfO4haGVW
Here I am singing another one of my favorite Bossa Nova songs - Chega de saudade by Caetano Veloso.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGyOJ8LWDQc

[Damião de Góis]

Wow, thank you very much. I get my Brazilian from my favorite Bossa Nova songs, so I am only familiar with Brazilian Portuguese.
Is there a major difference between the accents of Portugal and Brazil?

The differences are big. It's similar to how different british english is from american english, but in the end the language is the same.

[AphroditeWorshiper]

Wow, thank you very much. I get my Brazilian from my favorite Bossa Nova songs, so I am only familiar with Brazilian Portuguese.
Is there a major difference between the accents of Portugal and Brazil?

the difference don't is big

the singer that you choose for example(Chico Buarque), his accent is more similar to Portuguese

but if you hear the different accents of Brazil(Northeast,Caipira,Gaucho,Mineiro,Baiano...) you can note an major difference

also the Brazilian Portuguese have influence from some words of Indigenous,African,Italian,Arabic... but again, the difference don't is big

[Petros Agapetos]

http://vocaroo.com/i/s1IPkLQq3ZRl
Reading "Garota de Ipanema" - Bossa Nova classic from Antonio Carlos Jobim (my favorite Brazilian composer and musician).


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XT5wvoMMyc

Here I am singing Garota de Ipanema
http://vocaroo.com/i/s1GFOtATMeF0

[Kriptc06]

very nice mate! very good indeed, you can pronounce the S normally tho)

[Tobi]

Is very good and with a neutral accent actually :eek:

[Petros Agapetos]

Is my accent closer to Brazilian or European Portuguese?

[Petros Agapetos]

very good! almost perfect! :eek:

http://www.gifstop.com/images/misc/clap03.gif

Muito obrigado, meu amigo :cool:

[Tobi]

Is my accent closer to Brazilian or European Portuguese?

Brazilian portuguese.

[Bell Beaker]

It's quite good, but it's Brazilian Portuguese.

Would be curious to heard you speaking European Portuguese.....

[Petros Agapetos]

It's quite good, but it's Brazilian Portuguese.

Would be curious to heard you speaking European Portuguese.....

I get my Portuguese from Brazilian music, so that's the accent I am most familiar with.
Do you have some nice Portuguese songs with lyrics? So I can see the difference.

[Bell Beaker]

I get my Portuguese from Brazilian music, so that's the accent I am most familiar with.
Do you have some nice Portuguese songs with lyrics? So I can see the difference.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8TpRnMU09M

Lyrics in the description


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Io_RidA1mlI

Lyrics in the description

[meninodeengenho]

Is my accent closer to Brazilian or European Portuguese?

Your accent is closer to Brazilian Portuguese. And I understood everything you said. Your Portuguese is pretty good, I must say.

great music btw

[Brás Garcia de Mascarenhas]

Your accent and pronunciation is really good actually but it is Brazilian Portuguese :)

Maybe you like this song and consider trying European Portuguese:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4VMX0q-yQ4


European Portuguese is probably a lot harder for foreigners, specially the pronunciation.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ng0kizODb4

[Kriptc06]

I advise you to learn European Portuguese, Brazilian one has some consonant sound shifts, for example:

"Bom dia" sounds like "Bom gia"
"Boa noite" sounds like "Boa noichi"

E sounds like I, and T at the end become tch.

I have no idea where this come from.
It's just an advise, I think it would be easier for you

[Brás Garcia de Mascarenhas]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y68U2sEgS6c


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUqchDnBfhw


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xt9A6tyyDs


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRTyBDdNmvk

[Brás Garcia de Mascarenhas]

I advise you to learn European Portuguese, Brazilian one has some consonant sound shifts, for example:

"Bom dia" sounds like "Bom gia"
"Boa noite" sounds like "Boa noichi"

E sounds like I, and T at the end become tch.

I have no idea where this come from.
It's just an advise, I think it would be easier for you

Many foreigners learning Portuguese find the Brazilian version to be easier to pick up than the European one, primarily because Brazilians tend to enunciate much more than Portuguese, who often speak with their mouths partially closed, which makes it pretty hard to understand anything for a foreigner.

Also worth noting that European Portuguese is seen as the more formal of the two, closer to the "traditional" form of the language, which could be easier/harder depending on what you're already used to.

[Petros Agapetos]

Is it fair to say that European Portuguese is closer to European Spanish than Brazilian Portuguese? That's the impression that I am getting.

[Petros Agapetos]

What do you think of my signing voice, by the way? :D

[Tobi]

Is it fair to say that European Portuguese is closer to European Spanish than Brazilian Portuguese? That's the impression that I am getting.

Not really. A brazilian and a portuguese can fully understand each other. The stardard accent from Lisbon and the one from São Paulo don't even sounds so different.

[Petros Agapetos]

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[Brás Garcia de Mascarenhas]

Is it fair to say that European Portuguese is closer to European Spanish than Brazilian Portuguese? That's the impression that I am getting.

No, of course not. They are the same language, unlike Spanish.

[Brás Garcia de Mascarenhas]

What do you think of my signing voice, by the way? :D

It is completely understandable which is astonishing if you never learned Portuguese before. How can you spell the words that well? Do you use phonetic transcription?

[Petros Agapetos]

It is completely understandable which is astonishing if you never learned Portuguese before. How can you spell the words that well? Do you use phonetic transcription?

No, I was reading the lyrics in Portuguese. The rules are very regular and easy to grasp. It is an awesome language.
I like Brazilian telenovelas, like "O Clone" and "Da Cor Do Pecado". I was introduced to bossa nova through these tv shows, then I fell in love with the songs and the language.

[Petros Agapetos]

No, of course not. They are the same language, unlike Spanish.

I meant phonetically, not grammatically. The sound of European Portuguese is more pure. Brazilian Portuguese has sound shifts. ('d' is pronounced 'j', 't' is pronounced 'tsh', etc.)

[Brás Garcia de Mascarenhas]

No, I was reading the lyrics in Portuguese. The rules are very regular and easy to grasp. It is an awesome language.
I like Brazilian telenovelas, like "O Clone" and "Da Cor Do Pecado". I was introduced to bossa nova through these tv shows, then I fell in love with the songs and the language.

Nice, do you like Caetano Veloso?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvMIf_lbrZU

Or Adriana Calcanhoto:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iojYDSjKK00

[Brás Garcia de Mascarenhas]

And if you are interested in hearing the differences in the accents:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1yJD72iO-o

The man is singing in European Portuguese and the woman in Brazilian Portuguese.

[Petros Agapetos]

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[Petros Agapetos]

Please rate my pronunciation.

[Spyy]

very brazilian portuguese for sure, mainly here
http://vocaroo.com/i/s1GFOtATMeF0

very good
i can perceive a "foreigner" accent too, but it is still very understandable. Gz

[Petros Agapetos]

http://vocaroo.com/i/s02QTKRGUWQj
Here I am singing the song "Essa moca ta diferente" by Chico Buarque.

How is my Portuguese pronunciation, accent, and singing voice?

[Spyy]

http://vocaroo.com/i/s02QTKRGUWQj
Here I am singing the song "Essa moca ta diferente" by Chico Buarque.

How is my Portuguese pronunciation, accent, and singing voice?

very good, it sounds very native to my ears, like 95%.
your brazilian accent is from Rio. For example, the word 'television', you pronounce "têlêvisão", it is how we brazilians from southeast pronounce this word, in northeastern Brazil it would be "têlévisão".

[Petros Agapetos]

very good, it sounds very native to my ears, like 95%.
your brazilian accent is from Rio. For example, the word 'television', you pronounce "têlêvisão", it is how we brazilians from southeast pronounce this word, in northeastern Brazil it would be "têlévisão".

Thank you very much for the kind words. My favorite Brazilian musician is Antonio Carlos Jobim, the great Brazilian composer. His songs have had an influence on me and have shaped my accent.

[Spyy]

Thank you very much for the kind words. My favorite Brazilian musician is Antonio Carlos Jobim, the great Brazilian composer. His songs have had an influence on me and have shaped my accent.

youre welcome, but unfortunately the time of good brazilian musics ended.
now we only produce shit musics :picard1:

you watched Rio's Olympic Cerimony?

the best part imo


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edTVaIXmaqk

[Petros Agapetos]

http://vocaroo.com/i/s1IPkLQq3ZRl
Reading "Garota de Ipanema" - Bossa Nova classic from Antonio Carlos Jobim (my favorite Brazilian composer and musician).

[Petros Agapetos]

I love the Brazilian accent of Portuguese.

[Petros Agapetos]

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[Petros Agapetos]

http://vocaroo.com/i/s1IPkLQq3ZRl
Reading "Garota de Ipanema" - Bossa Nova classic from Antonio Carlos Jobim (my favorite Brazilian composer and musician).


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XT5wvoMMyc

Here I am singing Garota de Ipanema
http://vocaroo.com/i/s1GFOtATMeF0

[Petros Agapetos]

http://vocaroo.com/i/s0bWfO4haGVW
Here I am singing another one of my favorite Bossa Nova songs - Chega de saudade by Caetano Veloso.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGyOJ8LWDQc

[Petros Agapetos]

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