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:

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