hi everyone, my name is Seb and welcome back to Pra Caramba, a podcast I created to help you improve your Brazilian accent, one episode at the time.
if this is your first time listening, my method is very simple: i’ll say a sentence, give you some time to repeat out loud, then we’ll do that three times for each of the sentences. All the sentences are in the episode description so that you can read along. If you’re having trouble with a sentence, hit pause and repeat it as slowly as possible until you get closer, then continue the exercise.
As per use, don’t forget to focus on perfecting, not on trying to be perfect.
- A primeira vez que fui ao Rio, me apaixonei.
- No segundo dia, a gente fez um passeio de barco.
- No terceiro dia, visitamos o Cristo Redentor.
- Quarto dia, fomos ao Jardim Botânico caminhar.
- No quinto dia, comemos uma feijoada deliciosa.
- No sexto dia, passeamos pelo centro histórico.
- Sétimo dia, a gente foi a uma festa de samba.
- No oitavo dia, tiramos fotos na Lapa.
- No nono dia, descansamos na praia de Ipanema.
- Décimo dia, fomos ao samba no pé do morro.
- No décimo primeiro dia, conhecemos a feira de domingo.
- No décimo segundo dia, assistimos ao pôr do sol no arpoador.
Recently, I was chatting with someone and he was telling me about a new trick he has heard of to better understand how any accent works. Essentially, the strategy was to listen to someone that natively speaks your target language speaking your language. In our case, it would be to listen to a brazilian speaking in english. This way, whenever you see something that’s accented in a way that’s not normally accented it’s a hint of how these sounds in your language would be spoken in their language. I thought it was a very cool idea. That’s it for today. As always, I recommend sticking to at least one episode per week, repeating it twice a day, back to back, everyday of the week. Let me know in the comments if you try it and what you think of it. Thank you so much for listening, see you next time!
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