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[Facts] tris-TOW n/t

by Caprice (nsi, writing from job) (guest)

1/29/2008, 4:28 AM

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- penguiny7 +3

1/29/2008, 7:19 AM

Well, that's the closest in English you could get...

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.

- Caprice +2

1/29/2008, 1:26 PM

Yeah, it's more of a nasal sound, more like "ahn"

- lcgirl20 (guest) +1

1/29/2008, 3:07 PM

I thought it was kind of like "owng"?

- Sabrina

1/29/2008, 6:20 PM

Yes, but the "g" sound is very slight. (My roommate is from the Azores.)

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