Brazilian Portuguese (was: Primary Interjections - Universals?)

On Thu, 11 Apr 2002 17:52:35 -0300 Gustavo Eulalio <guga@...>
writes:
> Em Sun, 7 Apr 2002 12:32:42 -0400, Steg Belsky
> <draqonfayir@...> escreveu:
> > Hey!  Welcome back!
> > I was actually wishing that you'd be back already a few weeks ago.
>  I
> > started learning some capoeira, and the names of various moves
> have been
> > confusing me; i can't figure out the system of Portuguese
> orthography and
> > Brazilian-Portuguese pronounciation!
>         My pleasure, Steg. Just send me any doubts you have.
>         (I've taken this off-list 'cause some people may find it
> too
> off-topic. Feel free to take it on-list again.)
> --
> Gustavo Eulalio <guga@...>
-

Thanks!  the first confusing thing was the |r|... how come the |r| in
"capoeira" is pronounced as some kind of alveolar tap, but the |r| in
"rolê" (if i spelled it correctly) is pronounced like some kind of /h/ or
/x/ sound?  Is that the equivalent of the Spanish trilled initial |r| and
medial |rr|?  Also, is the |ei| in "capoeira" supposed to be /ej/ or /e/
or /Ej/ or some other similar sound?  And |d| and |t| in front of front
vowels (or just /i/?) are [tS] and [dZ], right?


-Stephen (Steg)
 "hey hey!  ho ho!  this orange peel has got to go!"
  (what happens when you go to too many political rallies in one day)

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