[Facts] Well, that's the closest in English you could get...
in reply to a message by Caprice (nsi, writing from job)
The Portuguese ão sound is more like a cross between oh and ow.
I can't say it. I had a friend from Brazil in high school try to teach me to say no in Portuguese (não), and I only said it correctly once out of about 10 tries and then I couldn't do it again.
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I can't say it. I had a friend from Brazil in high school try to teach me to say no in Portuguese (não), and I only said it correctly once out of about 10 tries and then I couldn't do it again.
**Vita Brevis, Ars Longa**
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Yeah, it's more of a nasal sound, more like "ahn"
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I thought it was kind of like "owng"?
Yes, but the "g" sound is very slight. (My roommate is from the Azores.)