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Podcast: Tá Falado
Episode: Lesson 22: Epenthetic Vowels (wow, fancy word!), Fast Food
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asset title: Lesson 22: Epenthetic Vowels (wow, fancy word!), Fast Food
filename: tafalado_22.mp3
track number: 23/46
time: 11:50
size: 8.32 MB
bitrate: 96 kbps
Epenthe ... what? Epenthetic vowels. We know, it sounds like a tropical disease, but it's really the linguistic feature that produces such great Brazilian words as 'piquenique' for picnic. Valdo isn't sure he can bring himself to say 'hoti doggie' for 'hot dog,' but he has no problem with 'fasti foodi.'DialogPortugueseValdo: Você já observou como a comida daqui é diferente da nossa?Michelle: É óbvio que sim! E o mais absurdo é que a gent...