Damiana- Olá! Hello!
- Hoje estamos aqui no parque We're here in the park today
- e vou falar-vos sobre pares mínimos. and I'm going to talk to you about minimal pairs.
- O que são pares mínimos, Damiana? What are minimal pairs, Damiana?
- Pares mínimos são palavras Minimal pairs are words
- que têm a mesma pronunciação, that have the same pronunciation,
- mas que têm um som que as torna diferentes. but have one sound that makes them different.
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Vocabulary
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Comments
O.M.G. This was SO helpful! Having the words and the similar sounds right together really cemented the difference between them. Also, thank you for having the text of the words in the video. As a visual learner, this was a huge assist. Muito obrigada.
This video was so so helpful, especially getting to hear the difference- comparing word to word- when it is specifically about the accented vowels, Muito muito obrigado!
Very helpful. I hope to see and hear more!
Excellent, maybe a little fast for me. More please 🙂
There are no speed controls in this video. Is there any way we could tag these type of videos so we can find them easily for review?
Olá! Because the video is hosted on Youtube, but embedded on our website, the controls are limited. However, if you watch it over on Youtube, you’ll be able to control the speed. You can’t tag these videos, but you can tap/click on the bookmark icon to save it to your Bookmarks section.
Very helpful! I appreciate how Damiana really slowed each word down and emphasized mouth shapes. It can be hard to hear sounds and is nice to see this in video format.
This helped me a lot! Like other’s already said, hearing the sounds together and seeing how the mouth moves is also a great help.
Great video, so helpful to see the comparisons whilst listening to the comparisons!