Uploaded December 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
How much longer are you willing to believe the Portuguese speak in a highly articulated, crystal-clear manner?
I call that Cinderella Portuguese!
Spoken European Portuguese is very different to the version you hear on audio material from textbooks and sometimes even tutors. This is intended to help you learn European Portuguese, but if you dwell too much on it, you won’t be able to understand real Portuguese pronunciation.
In this video I explain the differences between real and Cinderella Portuguese and what actually happens to the language (just like in English) when European Portuguese pronunciation is natural.
This doesn’t mean you have to speak like the Portuguese, but my tip is to do so, because you will truly sound like a native.
FREE Portuguese Mini-Start: 3 love stories in real Portuguese to help you with listening comprehension, verb conjugation, and vocabulary
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FREE “Mini-Tuga”: Six resources in different media to help expose you to native content in European Portuguese.
thelanguageunschool.com/minituga?video=wwscQFoaKVc
No Cinderella Portuguese Pronunciation Free Guide: thelanguageunschool.com/nocinderellaportuguese?video=wwscQFoaKVc
Watch this next:
I'm too old to learn a language | European Portuguese
youtu.be/vReD4HSOOW8
How we actually SPEAK in Portugal | European Portuguese
youtu.be/0VJbWwso-fg
Say hi on social:
Instagram: instagram.com/thelanguageunschool
youtu.be/wwscQFoaKVc
#europeanportuguese #thelanguageunschool
00:00 Introduction
01:30 a story
03:10 English and Portuguese connected speech
06:44 Cinderella Portuguese
07:28 Intonation
08:48 What options do you have?
09:56 You will forget this!
How much longer are you willing to believe the Portuguese speak in a highly articulated, crystal-clear manner?
I call that Cinderella Portuguese!
Spoken European Portuguese is very different to the version you hear on audio material from textbooks and sometimes even tutors. This is intended to help you learn European Portuguese, but if you dwell too much on it, you won’t be able to understand real Portuguese pronunciation.
In this video I explain the differences between real and Cinderella Portuguese and what actually happens to the language (just like in English) when European Portuguese pronunciation is natural.
This doesn’t mean you have to speak like the Portuguese, but my tip is to do so, because you will truly sound like a native.
FREE Portuguese Mini-Start: 3 love stories in real Portuguese to help you with listening comprehension, verb conjugation, and vocabulary
thelanguageunschool.com/course/ministart?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=european_portuguese_you_need_to_watch_this_if_you_ever_want_to_understand_and_speak_portuguese&utm_id=youtube
FREE “Mini-Tuga”: Six resources in different media to help expose you to native content in European Portuguese.
thelanguageunschool.com/minituga?video=wwscQFoaKVc
No Cinderella Portuguese Pronunciation Free Guide: thelanguageunschool.com/nocinderellaportuguese?video=wwscQFoaKVc
Watch this next:
I'm too old to learn a language | European Portuguese
youtu.be/vReD4HSOOW8
How we actually SPEAK in Portugal | European Portuguese
youtu.be/0VJbWwso-fg
Say hi on social:
Instagram: instagram.com/thelanguageunschool
youtu.be/wwscQFoaKVc
#europeanportuguese #thelanguageunschool
00:00 Introduction
01:30 a story
03:10 English and Portuguese connected speech
06:44 Cinderella Portuguese
07:28 Intonation
08:48 What options do you have?
09:56 You will forget this!
