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Alentejanos no Café

Alentejans at the Café

Joana talks about the Alentejo accent....

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    • 00:00:00Joel: Olá, alentejana Joana. Joel: Hello, Joana from Alentejo.
    • 00:00:03Estávamos aqui a falar [da] pronúncia do Alentejo e tu passas muito tempo em Lisboa. We were here talking about the Alentejo pronunciation/accent, and you spend a lot of time in Lisbon.
    • 00:00:11Tu tentas conscientemente reduzir o teu sotaque do Alentejo Do you consciously try to reduce your Alentejo accent,
    • 00:00:15ou é uma coisa que acontece naturalmente? or is it something that happens naturally?
    • 00:00:18Joana: Então, acho que quando tenho uma conversa mais formal, tento ser mais clara. Joana: So, I think that when I have a more formal conversation, I try to be clearer.
    • 00:00:24E sei que quando falo naturalmente, o sotaque alentejano fica muito evidente. And I know that when I speak naturally, the Alentejo accent is very evident.
    • 00:00:31Então, quando é uma conversa mais formal, tento falar mais devagar So, when it's a more formal conversation, I try to speak more slowly
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    Vocabulary
    Alentejanoof or pertaining to the Alentejo, a region in Portugal’s countryside alentejanospeople of the Alentejo region of Portugal o cafécoffee claraclear colocarto place, put devagarslowly a expressãoexpression o leitemilk pedirto ask for, request, order as regrasrules sairto leave, go out, exit o sotaqueaccent spoken tirarto take, take off, remove vocabuláriovocabulary
    Expressions
    Como é que se diz?How do you say it?
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