For example in Brazil the word for city - cidade is pronounced "cidaji" whereas in Portugal the "e" is not pronounced. Plus there are many idioms specific to each country. Just listen to some brazilian music and then some iberian portuguese music - the difference will soon become apparent.
----- Original Message ----- From: Genealogy <ftw...@sbcglobal.net> Date: Thursday, December 31, 2009 1:23 pm Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Learn basic Portuguese To: azores@googlegroups.com > The basic different between the languages, Brazilian Portuguese > annunciate 2 vowels different then Portuguese, I have forgotten which > > vowels. This annunciate makes the language sounds like another language. > > Joaquin Mendonca > > -- > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Follow the confirmation > directions when they arrive. > For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No > Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this > group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue > area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to > "Edit my membership." -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership."