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Португальские скороговорки для улучшения навыков произношения

Португальские скороговорки — отличный способ поработать над мышечной памятью языка и улучшить навыки произношения. Другими словами, скороговорки помогут вам преодолеть те сложные звуки и звуковые переходы, с которыми вы можете столкнуться. 

For the record, tongue twisters in Portuguese are called trava-línguas in case you wonder. Let’s get started.

The symbols enclosed in forwarding slashes are IPA symbols (International Phonetic Alphabet) representing language sounds. Learn more about the IPA symbols that apply to Portuguese in Specific:  Европейское португальское произношение – Полное руководство по португальской фонологии и правописанию и звуковым закономерностям.

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/R/, /r/ (гортанные и постукивающие звуки «r»)

1. O rato roeu a rolha da garrafa do rei da Rússia.

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2. A aranha arranha a rã, a rã arranha a aranha. Nem a aranha arranha a rã, nem a rã arranha a aranha.

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3. Larga a larva, lagartixa. Lagartixa, larga a larva.

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