Portuguese Lesson - Your Weekly Word # 6 - Verb Pegar and Street Smart Expressions

Portuguese Lesson - Weekly vocabulary lesson in Brazilian Portuguese and related cultural tips by Street Smart Brazil

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[Blu3Resent]

ola luciana.

i speak fluent spanish and it causes me to confuse the sound of letters such as R.

for example i can say "quero" fine because i simply ignore the i in "quiero" ,the spanish equivalent but in words like "pegar" i often catch myself saying hit or strike ..

is this an " i before e except after c" kinda thing?? how does the R work?

[StreetSmartBrazil]

@Blu3Resent Oi, obrigada pela sua pergunta. When the R is the first letter of the word, it sounds like the H in English or the J in Spanish. The same thing happens when we have RR. When the R is the last letter of a word or a syllable, its pronunciation varies throughout Brasil. Is some places we roll the R; in others we don’t and it sounds like the “h” in English. I hope that helps :)

[benchokwaiman]

Thank you, I really like your video's

Obrigado, gossto a sua video's, or something like that : )

[StreetSmartBrazil]

@benchokwaiman De nada :)

[pkburakuten]

yes, that makes much more sense now. i would always think to myself "huh? the bug is going to take it??" but now it makes sense. brigadao, luciana.

[StreetSmartBrazil]

@pkburakuten Imagina! É um prazer :)

[StreetSmartBrazil]

@pkburakuten Essa é uma ótima expressão. One translation is "Things are going to get ugly". Does this match the context in which you heard the expression?

[pkburakuten]

oi luciana. tudo bem? entao... quando estava morando no brasil como estudante de intercambio, um expresao q sempre me deixava confusado e "o bicho vai pegar." q significa isso?

brigadao.

[StreetSmartBrazil]

@orr40 Muito obrigada :) Seu comentário me deixou muito feliz!

[orr40]

what a pleasure!!! i speak spanish and english and i get confused w/ portugese and espanol. most helpful!!! i play in brazilian band so am trying to learn portugese w/ your lessons and soup operas, and songs! obrigada for your clarity!