Tá Falado: Brazilian Portuguese Pronunciation For Speakers Of Spanish

asset title: Lesson 6: Pronunciation of Oral Diphthongs, Going to the Pharmacy filename: tafalado_06.mp3 track number: 7/46 time: 12:22 size: 8.70 MB bitrate: 96 kbps In this lesson Valdo and Michelle can't figure out why it is so difficult to get medicine from a pharmacy in the United States. This whole idea of going to a doctor first to get a prescription seems to complicate things a lot. It took them a while to get used to it, but it doesn't mean that they have to like it. As to pronunciation, today we look at diphthongs. It's a fancy word, to be sure, but it basically means that we are talking about Portuguese vowel sounds that come one right after another.DialogPortugueseMichelle: Oi Valdo, como vai?Valdo: Vou bem. Já está gastando dinheiro?Michelle: Só um pouquinho. O salário já é tão baixo, né? Eu precisava comprar uma caixa de anticoncepcional.Valdo: Mas eu soube que a lei aqui diz que a maioria dos remédios só com reita.Michelle: Meu pai do céu! Eu não tenho receita.Valdo: Então nada feito. Bo