Lesson 3

	Sounds Like¦	Example
a	“Ah”	Vaca
é	Element	Pé
e	Eureka/Elephant	Gelo
i	See	Ir
o	A short oh’ you	Oito / Outro
ó	Always	Ótimo
u	You	Uva

* The examples are not the translation of the words in English.

And 5 nasal vowels (air comes out partly by mouth and partly by nose)

	Sounds Like¦	Example
A?	Long the	MaA§A?
~e		Pente
~i		Cinco
Aµ		Onze
~u		Nunca

In Portuguese the acute (open) stress is given by the accent (?), the circumflex (closed) stress is given by the accent (^), and the nasal sounds by the accent (~).