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Understanding Portuguese phonetics is a key element in speaking the language correctly.
Here’s one of the many stumbling blocks: In English, we pronounce “ti” as “tee” or “tAY,” but in Portuguese, it’s almost always pronounced “chee.”
Here are some examples:
Pet – Estimação (es-chee-ma-sow)
Skeptical – Cético (seh-chee-coh)
Had – Tinha (cheen-yah)
Native – Nativo (na-chee-vo)
Continues – Continua (con-chee-noo-a)
Motive – Motivo (moh-chee-voh)