{"id":5079,"date":"2014-01-09T08:00:05","date_gmt":"2014-01-09T08:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/?p=5079"},"modified":"2014-07-28T17:49:35","modified_gmt":"2014-07-28T17:49:35","slug":"the-secret-of-pronuncing-endings-oo-and-ee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/the-secret-of-pronuncing-endings-oo-and-ee\/","title":{"rendered":"The Secret of Pronuncing Endings “oo” and “ee”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hello, there!<\/p>\n

A reader tweeted and asked me to write a post (with audio) about the endings “oo” and “ee”. But before that let me tell you a little story.<\/p>\n

After several attempts to unify the Portuguese language spelling, on January 9th 2009 the Novo Acordo Ortogr\u00e1fico<\/em> (New Ortographic Agreement) was signed and Portuguese-speaking countries like Angola, Mozambique, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, S\u00e3o Tom\u00e9 and Pr\u00edncipe, East Timor, Brasil and Portugal will have to adapt its spelling rules by 2015.<\/p>\n

One of these rules remove the acento circunflexo (^) from words like veem, leem, creem, deem, voo, enjoo, perdoo<\/em>, and aben\u00e7oo<\/em> (formerly v\u00eaem, l\u00eaem, cr\u00eaem, d\u00eaem, v\u00f4o, enj\u00f4o, perd\u00f4o, aben\u00e7\u00f4o<\/em>).<\/p>\n

The pronunciations of these words has a little trick that foreign students don’t grasp at first.<\/p>\n

If the vowel is e<\/em>, the first one is closed and the second vowel is nasalised. If the vowel is o<\/em>, the first one is closed and the second one sounds like a u.<\/p>\n

Listen carefully:<\/p>\n

Here are some example in sentences:<\/p>\n

https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2014\/01\/veem2.mp3<\/a><\/audio>
\nEles n\u00e3o veem a diferen\u00e7a entre os dois projetos. [They don’t see the difference between the two projects.]<\/em>
\nElas leem v\u00e1rios livros durante o ano. [They read several books during the year.]<\/em>
\nMeus irm\u00e3os creem em Deus. [My brothers believe in God.]<\/em>
\nQuero que eles deem valor no que eu fa\u00e7o. [I want them to appreciate what I do.]<\/em>
\nQue horas \u00e9 seu voo? [What time is your flight?]<\/em>
\nN\u00e3o se preocupe – eu te perdoo. [Don’t worry – I forgive you.]<\/em>
\nE o padre disse, “Eu vos aben\u00e7oo…” [And the priest said, “I bless thee…”]<\/em><\/p>\n

Now listen and repeat the words:<\/p>\n

https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2014\/01\/veem.mp3<\/a><\/audio>
\nveem<\/em>
\n leem<\/em>
\n creem<\/em>
\n deem<\/em>
\n voo<\/em>
\n enjoo<\/em>
\n perdoo<\/em>
\n aben\u00e7oo<\/em><\/p>\n

The key to mastering pronunciation is to listen analytically and to repeat only after you’ve mastered the sounds. So go for it!<\/p>\n

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Hello, there! A reader tweeted and asked me to write a post (with audio) about the endings “oo” and “ee”. But before that let me tell you a little story. After several attempts to unify the Portuguese language spelling, on January 9th 2009 the Novo Acordo Ortogr\u00e1fico (New Ortographic Agreement) was signed and Portuguese-speaking…<\/p>\n

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