Estou procurando ajuda específica. Estou procurando um dicionário fonético para mostrar claramente a um falante nativo de inglês como pronunciar palavras em português. Estou me esforçando para estudar português porque não tenho certeza de como pronunciar as palavras. Alguma sugestão, online ou em papel, para esse guia fonético ou dicionário ? Obrigado !!

I am looking for specific help. I am searching for a phonetic dictionary to clearly show a native English speaker how to pronounce Portuguese words. I am struggling in my study of Portuguese because I am not certain how to pronounce the words. Any suggestions, either online or hardcopy for such a phonetic guide or dictionary ? Obrigado !!

@CarinaMello

Muito obrigado pela ajuda que está oferecendo. Ajuda muito para 'ouvir' os sons do português. Quando ouço os sons - seja de uma máquina ou de humanos - ainda não sei o que é dito. É tão frustrante. Por exemplo, para aprender espanhol - para inglês nativo - existe 'spanishdict.com'. E fantastico. Por exemplo: man = hombre (OHM-breh). Perfeito. Agora, eu sei como dizer essa palavra em espanhol. Estou procurando o mesmo tipo de dicionário para português. Parece que não existe. Estou pensando em abandonar meu estudo de sua bela linguagem porque não tenho nenhuma orientação escrita sobre como a palavra soa. Ouvir as palavras não é suficiente. Obrigado !

@victorgabriel22_

Thank you, very much for the help you are offering. There is a lot of help to 'hear' the sounds of Portuguese. When I hear the sounds - either from a machine or humans - I still don't know what is said. It is so frustrating. For instance, to learn Spanish - for native English - there is 'spanishdict.com'. It is fantastic. For example : man = hombre (OHM-breh). Perfect. Now, I know how to say that Spanish word. I am looking for the same kind of dictionary for Portugues. It doesn't seem to exist. I am thinking of dropping my study of your beautiful language because I have no written guidance on how the word sounds. Hearing the words is not enough. Obrigado !

@victorgabriel22_

You are very helpful You are a natural teacher. In my opinion, an adult cannot learn as a child learns. A child is 'tuned' into the sounds of his mother tongue. An adult is not 'tuned' to the sounds of the foreign language. An adult is only 'tuned' to the sounds of his mother tongue. So, even if an adult thinks he is hearing the sounds correctly - he is not. He is hearing the sounds 'approximately' only. When he speaks the foreign language, he thinks he is speaking correctly - he is not. He is speaking the sounds 'approximately' only. Of course, listening is essential. But, visual cues - like in spanishdict.com - are extremely beneficial. In fact, without such phonetic visual cues, as offered in that website, one can be listening, listening, listening completely wrong (and never even know it). Obrigado !!

@victorgabriel22_

Yes. Clarity of the speech is the point, isn't it. This has nothing to do with accent. In learning to speak a foreign language, you don't always know what you don't know. Worse, you think what is right, when it is actually wrong. I hear people all the time slur English, yet they think they are Shakespeare. In fact, with English, the world is divided into two parts. Those who are native English speakers, and those who think they can speak English. Those are not my thoughts, alone, they come from a symposium of English teachers of foreign students. Foreigners speak pidgeon English. Native speakers are so used to the world trying to learn, and speak English, that they tolerate almost anything coming out of any foreigner's mouth, without correcting any of it. The foreigner thinks his speech is clear; but, really it was the English listener who stretched to understand what was being said.

That is why I am so anxious to get a visual guide to pronunuciation, to supplement my 'listening ability'. I know I will mispronounce my Portuguese words. I want to minimize that risk.It is not simply a matter of repeating a word; it is repeating a word correctly. I study other languages and the amount of visual and auditory assistance is plentiful. But, for Portuguese, it is difficult - very difficult - to find comprehensive guides.

You are bilingual; maybe, you could launch a program to fill that hole !! I know that you have been very helpful - as others - to me. Obrigado !!

Note 1:
«from the Northeast who moved to the South» . . . should be :
«from the northeast who moved to the south»
Note 2:
«who speak english with my brazilian accent like a north-american» , , , should be :
«who speak English with my Brazilian accent like a North American»
Note 3:
«speaks portuguese with his north-american accent» . . . should be :
«speakes Portuguese with his North American accent»

Obrigado, meu amigo. Você foi generoso com seus pensamentos. Estamos ambos no mesmo belo rio de aquisição de línguas, simplesmente em barcos diferentes.

@Maxwell10

Wow, you have undertaken a lot of effort to help me. It is - like the others - very kind of you. Obrigado !!

@victorgabriel22_

I think the market to learn Portuguese (most foreigners do not differentiate Brazil from Portugal) is enormous, and mostly untapped. The online support is immature compared to Spanish and French. Opportunity abounds, for success in that market. I am very nearly ready to drop my study of Portuguese because the support systems are so incomplete. I am studying Spanish, also, and I am spoiled by the high quality of support for native English speakers. Just beautiful. A real pleasure. I just don't understand why the offerings for Portuguese for native English speakers is so pathetic by comparison. I am so frustrated.

So, yes, there is a genuine business opportunity for someone with vision and energy.

Your ability in English is, I would say, 'advanced intermediate', for both your audio and text. To be credible, you will need to be 'advanced' with your English, in both audio and text. The good news is that it is certainly doable. The bad news is that it is harder to go from intermediate to advanced, than to go from beginner to intermediate. That means most of your hard work to master English is ahead of you, not behind you.

The opportunity you desire exists, and is waiting for you ! Boa sorte !