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.
When I share my thoughts and tips on refining your Brazilian accent, I really mean it as a way to improve your sotaque. If you go live in Brasil and make it your life’s mission to have a perfectly native accent, there’s probably a way to make it happen, but realistically, you’ll always have an accent and it’s far from being a bad thing nor is it stopping you from having a great Brazilian accent. To me, accents are a way to tell people things about yourself without having to say it out loud. In our case, the bits of your Brazilian sotaque will be telling them there’s a bit of culture shared between you and them. And your natural accent will be a world you invite them to discover. To me, this is what the goal is: giving and gaining access to doors to other worlds, something even the most sophisticated translation apps will never be able to really provide.
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.
LET’S GO.
- É tanta qualidade que exigem para dar emprego
- Não conheço um patrão com condições de ser empregado
- Quando você vai deixando de gostar da pessoa, ela vai morrendo dentro de você.
- Se a aparência explicasse a essência, o sabor não seria necessário.
- Mas falta de educação não tá em pobre
- De todas as coisas que eu tive, as que mais me valeram
- são as coisas que não se pode tocar.
- São as coisas que não fazem parte do mundo da matéria.
- Agora levanta essa cabeça, olha pra frente e teima
- Amanhã pode acontecer tudo… inclusive nada.
- Nada melhor que um dia atrás do outro… e uma noite no meio.
- O sorriso de uma criança ilumina qualquer ambiente.
Alright, 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 what you think of my philosophical rants. Thank you so much for listening, see you next time!
Leave a Reply