Mistakes my Brazilian friends make when speaking in English.  (Versão Inglês)

Hello

There are many challenges when learning a new language. in the last year, I have learnt Brazilian Portuguese with great interest. When I listen to my Brazilian friends speak English, sometimes I hear many mistakes in pronunciation and grammar.

1). “Hello Hee-chard”

When I was working for a charity shop. My bosses who we both Brazilians made some small errors when saying my name. My boss always said "Hello Hee-chard" and my other boss said "Ree-chard".

Actually, 'Richard' is a little difficult for people who don't have English as their first language. The first problem is the 'R 'sound in English. to say the letter R in English, you need to have a little pull of the tongue and a little vibration in your throat.

The second problem is the 'A' in 'Richard' this letter is not pronounced in the normal way but actually with a special sound in English called the 'schwa'. It is not an easy thing to teach but simply, you will almost always hear in the end of words ending in 'er' but there are many other words that have a schwa. The schwa is the most common sound in the English language so its very important to remember this sound.

2). “Make a coffee for you”.

This sentence is a little strange for native speakers. Normally, we say "Make yourself a coffee" Literally: Se faz om cafe". English has many reflexive verbs that is represented by the words "Myself", (me mesmo) "Yourself" (voce mesmo) Himself (ele mesma) "Herself" (ela mesmo) and Oneself" (si mesmo). For example. "I love myself" (Eu me amo.) "Lose yourself" (Perder-se) e "He hurt himself" (Ile se doer)

If you are making a cup of coffee for another person, you can say: "I will make a cup of coffee for you". (Eu vou fazer um xicara de cafe por voce.)

3). I speaky you.

Brazilians always make a vowel sound of "e/y" at the end of English words with a consonant. Consonants need to be learnt individually. For example: The word "catch" sounds like "catchy" and "beach" can sound like "b*tchy". (a really impolite word) therefore, pronunciation of consonants is really need to be learnt correctly.