Tá Falado: Brazilian Portuguese Pronunciation for Speakers of Spanish

Tá Falado: Brazilian Portuguese Pronunciation for Speakers of Spanish

Tá Falado provides Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation lessons for speakers of Spanish. Podcasts illustrate pronunciation differences between Spanish and Portuguese and present scenarios showing cultural differences between the U.S. and Brazil. Tá Falado is part of the Brazilpod project and is produced at the College of Liberal Arts, University of Texas at Austin. Website URL: http://coerll.utexas.edu/brazilpod/tafalado/

Episodes

December 11, 2007 11 mins
  • asset title: Grammar Lesson 20: This Just Isn't Spanish, Adapting to Handicapped
  • filename: tafalado_gra_20.mp3
  • track number: 46/46
  • time: 11:03
  • size: 7.77 MB
  • bitrate: 96 kbps
Oh man, where did this word come from? After a whole series of lessons in pronunciation and grammar ... and now we learn a whole bu...
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  • asset title: Grammar Lesson 19: Present Perfect, Naming People
  • filename: tafalado_gra_19.mp3
  • track number: 45/46
  • time: 16:09
  • size: 11.36 MB
  • bitrate: 96 kbps
One of life's great mysteries is if a Brazilian marries someone from Venezuela, how do you figure out what their official name will be? We ought to ...
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  • asset title: Grammar Lesson 18: Word Order, Buses and Services
  • filename: tafalado_gra_18.mp3
  • track number: 44/46
  • time: 10:56
  • size: 7.69 MB
  • bitrate: 96 kbps
So how weird would it be to be a Brazilian in the United States and see for the first time a bicycle attached to the front of a city bus? Sure enough...
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  • asset title: Grammar Lesson 17: Também x Também não, Online Activities
  • filename: tafalado_gra_17.mp3
  • track number: 43/46
  • time: 9:44
  • size: 6.85 MB
  • bitrate: 96 kbps
Spanish speakers who are used to saying tampoco will now have to learn how to say também não in Portuguese. It just sounds cute somehow. Cultu...
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  • asset title: Grammar Lesson 16: Placement of Indirect Pronouns, Greeting Friends
  • filename: tafalado_gra_16.mp3
  • track number: 42/46
  • time: 12:33
  • size: 8.82 MB
  • bitrate: 96 kbps
In this lesson, Michelle claims that most people give women one kiss on the cheek when greeting and when saying goodbye. Valdo thin...
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  • asset title: Grammar Lesson 15: False Cognates, Driver's License
  • filename: tafalado_gra_15.mp3
  • track number: 41/46
  • time: 10:50
  • size: 7.62 MB
  • bitrate: 96 kbps
No kidding, Orlando was in Mexico City one time and saw a man in Chapultepec Park who was selling helados esquisitos. Why would anyone want to buy...
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  • asset title: Grammar Lesson 14: Absence of Direct Object Pronouns, Mobile Homes
  • filename: tafalado_gra_14.mp3
  • track number: 40/46
  • time: 10:24
  • size: 7.32 MB
  • bitrate: 96 kbps
OK, so you are driving down the freeway and you see a semi going 70 mph and there is a mobile home being pulled along. Well, yes, I...
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  • asset title: Grammar Lesson 13: Gender in Portuguese and Spanish, Buying Alcohol
  • filename: tafalado_gra_13.mp3
  • track number: 39/46
  • time: 11:33
  • size: 8.12 MB
  • bitrate: 96 kbps
To be clear, we are referring to gender agreement. Get ready: although gender is 95% the same between Spanish and Portuguese, there...
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  • asset title: Grammar Lesson 12: Personalized Infinitive, Paying for your Education
  • filename: tafalado_gra_12.mp3
  • track number: 38/46
  • time: 13:07
  • size: 9.22 MB
  • bitrate: 96 kbps
Not only are Brazilians thought of as being very friendly, now they even want to personalize their infinitive verbs! Valdo and M...
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  • asset title: Grammar Lesson 11: Topic-Comment Patterns, Special Needs Privileges
  • filename: tafalado_gra_11.mp3
  • track number: 37/46
  • time: 12:01
  • size: 8.46 MB
  • bitrate: 96 kbps
Just look at that barriga! Clearly the polite thing to do, at least in Brazil, would be to have a special line at banks, post offi...
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  • asset title: Grammar Lesson 10: Word Order of Negative Phrases, Paying for Parties
  • filename: tafalado_gra_10.mp3
  • track number: 36/46
  • time: 11:25
  • size: 8.02 MB
  • bitrate: 96 kbps
'Não, não sei não.' This is the pattern for Brazilians, to say 'no' three times in the sentence. It's not that Valdo and Michel...
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  • asset title: Grammar Lesson 9: Possessive Pronouns, How to Dress Like an American
  • filename: tafalado_gra_09.mp3
  • track number: 35/46
  • time: 12:29
  • size: 8.78 MB
  • bitrate: 96 kbps
Who would have ever guessed that Valdo and Michelle think that jeans and flip flops make a strange combination? Looks like we've ...
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  • asset title: Grammar Lesson 8: Plural of words that end in 'ão', Car Insurance
  • filename: tafalado_gra_08.mp3
  • track number: 34/46
  • time: 13:22
  • size: 9.40 MB
  • bitrate: 96 kbps
So why is the plural of alemão alemães, but he plural of nação is nações? And why would the plural of mão be mãos? You know what, V...
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  • asset title: Grammar Lesson 7: Para with Indirect Pronouns, Ice Water at Restaurants
  • filename: tafalado_gra_07.mp3
  • track number: 33/46
  • time: 12:23
  • size: 8.71 MB
  • bitrate: 96 kbps
For all of you who learned how to speak Spanish, we all relive the nightmare experience of learning direct and indirect object ...
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  • asset title: Grammar Lesson 6: The Verb 'Ficar', Studying in Cafés
  • filename: tafalado_gra_06.mp3
  • track number: 32/46
  • time: 11:11
  • size: 7.87 MB
  • bitrate: 96 kbps
In this lesson Orlando dreams about being able to use the verb 'ficar' when he is talking in Spanish. Ah, if they just had that verb in Spanish,...
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  • asset title: Grammar Lesson 5: Disappearing Reflexive Verbs, Use of Coupons
  • filename: tafalado_gra_05.mp3
  • track number: 31/46
  • time: 9:39
  • size: 6.79 MB
  • bitrate: 96 kbps
Here's a trick question for Spanish speakers: Would it be better in Portuguese to say the equivalent of 'Siéntate' or 'Siéntese'? Answer...
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  • asset title: Grammar Lesson 4: Future Subjunctive, Soda Refills at Restaurants
  • filename: tafalado_gra_04.mp3
  • track number: 30/46
  • time: 13:55
  • size: 9.78 MB
  • bitrate: 96 kbps
When you go, you will buy a soda. If you buy a soda, you will get refills. As soon as you get refills, you will sit down with friends...
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  • asset title: Grammar Lesson 3: Plurals with 'l', Gas Stations
  • filename: tafalado_gra_03.mp3
  • track number: 29/46
  • time: 13:15
  • size: 9.31 MB
  • bitrate: 96 kbps
The plural of Brazil, if there were two of them, would be 'Brasis.' Now that would be a strange word! Spanish speakers aren't sure how to make those...
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  • asset title: Grammar Lesson 2: Contractions, Getting Change From A Machine
  • filename: tafalado_gra_02.mp3
  • track number: 28/46
  • time: 12:20
  • size: 8.67 MB
  • bitrate: 96 kbps
Can you believe how many contractions Portuguese has? : nesse, num, do, naquele, aos, pelo, etc. The list goes on and on. When speakers...
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  • asset title: Grammar Lesson 1: Gostar vs. Gustar, Sitting on the Grass
  • filename: tafalado_gra_01.mp3
  • track number: 27/46
  • time: 10:49
  • size: 7.61 MB
  • bitrate: 96 kbps
We've made a switch. Welcome back to all who have previously listened to Tá Falado. Up to this point, we've always done pronunciation lesson...
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