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Podcast: Tá Falado
Episode: Lesson 5: Stressed and Unstressed /a/, Self-Checkout at the Supermarket
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asset title: Lesson 5: Stressed and Unstressed /a/, Self-Checkout at the Supermarket
filename: tafalado_05.mp3
track number: 5/46
time: 9:30
size: 6.52 MB
bitrate: 96 kbps
There is a tendency for almost every vowel in unstressed syllables in English to turn into what is called a 'schwa'. It is the sound like 'uh'. Listen, for example the 'e' in 'delivery'. When learning Spanish, one of the great challenges is to stop saying 'uh.' 'It's 'nada' not 'naduh'! However, in Portuguese Brazilians also pronounce unstressed /a/ as a schwa. You see, all this time you thought you had bad Spanish and you really just have...