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   Kalani:

   These nasal aõ is easy, once you get used to saying it w/o thinking of purposely doing the nasal sound.

   It is the other nasal sounds that are present in some parts of words, such as when a vowel is before the N or M, or when speaking a few words together where a consonant of one word follows a vowel of another. These sounds are naturally produced by native speakers & it is this sound that makes me sound like a foreigner.

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     Adir:

     @Kalani Hello, Kalani. Can you give me some examples of these words? It would be a great idea for a pronunciation video.

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   Youpele:

   Thanks for posting the video. I will find this video very useful.

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     Adir:

     @Youpele Thank you, Youpele!

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   Kalani:

   Some examples:

   cama
   bagunça
   falam
   ficando

   Those are the simple ones. But then it becomes more complex & only native speakers would pronounce them correctly whereas the rest of us wouldn’t even notice these:

   uma mocinha
   uma mutação
   uma bactéria escondida no corpo

   Because the nasal sounds are so strong, for us (non-native speakers) these would be harder to detect, maybe for native speakers too that they actually do a stronger nasal sound between the final vowel “a” in “uma followed by an M or N. In the last example, the final “a” in escondida followed by the “n” in “no”.

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   Kalani:

   I just realized something. I think it’s b/c in Portuguese the M and N is just totally more nasal than it is in English. Or I’m thinking about this way too much. 🙂

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     Adir:

     @Kalani Kalani, the key to mastering sounds in a foreign language is listening. For Brazilians to say words like “THink”, “THought”, “THese”, “THorough” is a hassle because these sounds don’t exist in Portuguese, but I’m planning more videos on pronunciation, keep an eye on the blog every week!

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   Casandra:

   Thanks for posting, I found this very useful.

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     Adir:

     @Casandra Thanks for visiting the blog, Casandra! More cool pronunciation videos to come!

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   Kalani:

   I don’t know if listening is the key. I know many americans who speak Portuguese way better than I do but their pronunciation is messed up. 😀 Same with Brazilians and English, yet they can speak it very well.

   I guess it is about listening, or as I’ve always you need a good ear.

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   dani:

   Very useful, thank you for posting this video! Looking forward to the following ones!

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   Steven:

   Adir, this video was very helpful. I’m glad that you remembered the most common word with -ão — não! I look forward to the next ones.

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   Adir Ferreira:

   Thanks Dani and Steven, we have some great stuff lined up to keep visiting the blog!

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    Yv:

    that is great … boa idéia …