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Maína Pivato
accent characteristics
How would you descibe the accent of brazilians speaking english?
I suppose people that haven't english as main language have some characteristics in the way they speak english, I'm wondering what would be mine...
Thank you!!
1 feb 2013 23:31
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I have 2 Brazilian friends who speak English very well. They do have an accent which all non-native English speakers will have. It does not interfere will their ability to be understood. I do notice that sometimes they will have a strange pronunciation of a word, and one word that comes to mind is the word "Skype". My friends Brazil always pronounce it as Skyp pe. I would like to make friends with you just so I could hear you speak and tell you more about the characteristics of your accent. I am NOT asking you to take a lesson or anything, because I know you are curious to know how you sound. I am an examiner for the TOEIC test and I listen to thousands of different accents so I am curious also. If you want to add me on Skype and talk it is ok. My Skype name is annette.picconi. Take care.
2 febbraio 2013
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There is no way to generalize the accent of Brazilians speaking English. Your accent is based on a number of characteristics such as whether you are male or female, where you grew up, your proficiency in English etc.
But from experience I have noticed that most people from other countries whose native language is not English, they tend to forget to include the determiner in sentences.
For example, instead of saying ' I ate an apple', they would say 'I ate apple'.
1 febbraio 2013
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Competenze linguistiche
Inglese, Francese, Portoghese
Lingua di apprendimento
Inglese, Francese
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