Difficult Business English Words for Portuguese Speakers to Pronounce
Words with an 'i' sound in the final syllable
Portuguese speakers sometimes miss the 'i' sound in the last syllable of a word. Here are the most important business words to look out for:
office
credit
practice
debit
notice
traffic
profit
market
specific
/of fiss/ /ofs/ (sounds like 'off' when pronounced incorrectly)
/prak tiss/ /prakts/
/noh tiss/ /nohts/ (sounds like 'notes' when pronounced incorrectly)
/cre dit/ /credt/
/de bit/ /debt/ (sounds like 'debt' when pronounced incorrectly)
/pro fit/ /proft/
/tra fic/ /trafc/
/mar kit/ /markt/
/spe si fic/ /spe sifk/
Words with 'cy' / 'ty' / 'gy' / 'dy' on the end of the word
Portuguese native speakers often miss the 'y' sound on the end of certain business English words. On the end of the following words, there should be a strong and clear 'eeee' sound:
technology
security
university
strategy
methodology
/tek no lo jee/ /tek no loj/
/se ku ri tee/ /se ku rit/
/you ni ver si tee/ /you ni ver sit/
/stra te jee/ /stra tej/
/me tho do lo jee/ /me tho do loj/
Here are the other main business English words with this sound:
already
somebody
nobody
anybody
policy
currency
quality
society
city
majority
minority
community
economy
Plural forms and verb forms: Words ending in -ces / -ses / -ges / -zes / -ches
Portuguese speakers often miss the '-iz' sound at the end of these words. This can feel quite unnatural and quite strange for an English learner, because it can sometimes sound like there is an extra syllable on the end of the word. However, if these words are not pronounced correctly it can affect the meaning:
-ces
prices
produces
notices
offices
introduces
-ses
advises
organises
exercises
-sses
businesses
processes
successes
-ges
manages
stages
changes
-ches
watches
approaches
teaches
-zes
sizes
/prai siz/ /praiss/
/pro du siz/ /produss/
/no ti siz/ /no tsss/
/o fi siz/ /ofsss/
/in tro du siz/ /in tro duss/
/ad vai ziz/ /ad vai zz/
/or ga nai ziz/ /or ga nai zz/
/ek ser sai ziz/ /ek ser sai zz/
/biz ni siz/ /biz niss/
/pro se siz/ /pro sess/
/suk se siz/ /suk sess/
/ma na jiz/ /ma na jz/
/stay jiz/ /stay jz/
/chayn jiz/ /chayn jz/
/wa chiz/ /wa chs/
/a pro chiz/ /a pro chs/
/tee chiz/ /tee chs/
/sai zis/ /saizs/
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