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.
In Pra Caramba, as the focus is to improve your accent in a second language, it’s likely that you’ll encounter new words that you don’t understand but I invite you to disregard that. The core of the method is really to master the sounds both in being able to imagine what Brazilian Portuguese sounds like and to make the sounds on command.
if this is your first time listening, the method is straight forward i’ll say a sentence for the first time, give you some time to repeat out loud, repeat it, leave you time to repeat it and then move on to the next sentence. The most important part is to focus on imitating the sounds in an exaggerated way.. this works best if you repeat the exercise twice in a row, at least once a day. Don’t hesitate to hit pause and say it the sentences word by word until it starts to sound right. Focus on perfecting, not on trying to be perfect.
- Meu, isso aí é muito doido
- Fica tranquilo, depois a gente se fala
- Nossa, que rolê da hora
- Nem acredito que deu certo
- Confia no que você tá fazendo
- Eu gosto de acordar cedo e tomar um café bem quente
- A vida em São Paulo é cheia de surpresas todos os dias
- Faz tempo que eu não vejo meus amigos do colégio
- Vamos devagar, cada passo no seu tempo
- O importante é a gente estar junto e se apoiar sempre
- Cada dia é uma nova oportunidade de aprender
again, 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 there’s a sentence from a song that you think sounds cool and would like to see included in the next lesson!. Thanks, and see you for the next episode!
— Seb
Leave a Reply