Como eu pronuncio FAMOUS em inglês?

Hello, all. O episódio de hoje é diferente. Como assim? Bom, diferente porque o inglês que eu vou usar nele é um pouco mais básico. É um inglês que quem tiver completado o meu Curso Básico de maneira bem sucedida vai conseguir entender. A razão pra eu fazer isso é que eu quero que os meus alunos, assim como outros aprendizes com conhecimento mais básico, consigam entender e aproveitar essa dica, já que ela foca em um dos erros de pronúncia inglesa mais comuns entre nós, brasileiros: a terminação -OUS. Esse é um exemplo do que uma pessoa que começ0u do zero vai conseguir compreender (e eventualmente falar) fazendo o Curso.

Lembre-se que quanto mais você ouvir um som; quanto mais você se familiarizar com as palavras e com aqueles sons, mais natural esses pedaços do inglês se tornam para você. Não tem jeito mais eficaz de absorver a lingua inglesa (ou qualquer outra) do que mergulhar em conteúdo que você compreende naquela língua. Se você tem nível básico ou pré-intermediário, não perca esse episódio! Ao fim dele, vai ter ouvido a maneira correta de pronunciar -OUS várias vezes, e vai conhecer muitos exemplos desse sonzinho.

Transcrição
Hello, all. Here's a new episode of the Inglesonline podcast. Please subscribe to this podcast using the Podcasts app for iPhone or iPad, or listen to the episodes using the Inglesonline Android app. Thanks for all the comments at the iTunes store and if you haven't yet left a comment for this podcast please do so: The more comments for the Inglesonline podcast, the more people will find out about it and listen to the episodes. Thanks for telling your friends, your neighbors, your family and keep listening!

Today I'm talking about words like famous and anxious. What do these words have in common? Both end in -OUS. Here in Brazil, it is very common to hear people pronounce words like famous and anxious like this: "feimous" and "enkxious". It is a very common mistake. So I'm going to tell you exactly how to pronounce these words. Here we go: "feimãs" and "enkxiãs."

NOT "feimous" and "enkxious" - these sound like Portuguese! Famous, anxious. It is important to know how to spell these words; how to spell famous and anxious. Famous is f-a-m-o-u-s, and anxious is a-n-x-i-o-u-s. We are talking about the sound -OUS ("ãs"). How do you spell it? O-U-S.

Here are some examples with famous:

Luan Santana is a famous artist.
Neymar is a famous football (or soccer) player.
Ivete Sangalo is a famous singer.
Robert de Niro is a famous American actor.
Susana Vieira is a famous Brazilian actress.

Famous, famous, famous. Got it? Now here are a few examples with "anxious."

I feel anxious about my exam tomorrow.
My friend Mary feels anxious about her English test next week.
Karen feels anxious about her wedding.
Jim and Jennifer feel anxious about their trip.
I feel anxious about my birthday party tonight.

Anxious, anxious, anxious.

Here are more examples with the sound -OUS: dangerous.

It is dangerous to drive a car when you are very tired.
It's also dangerous to cross a busy street when you are not paying attention.
Peter lives in a dangerous neighborhood.
Alcohol and driving is a dangerous combination.
Car racing is a dangerous sport.

Dangerous, dangerous, dangerous. Now listen to these words: curious, jealous, nutritious, delicious. So, again: we do not say "kiurious", "djelous", "nutrichous" and "delixous." We say curious, jealous, nutritious and delicious. Listen to more examples:

I'm curious about your new job. Please tell me more about it!
Leslie asked me many questions about my life. She was so curious about me!
John is jealous of your success.
You're going to Disneyland next week! I'm so jealous!
This food is really nutritious.
Sweet potato is a very nutritious food.
The soup is delicious.
Try the pasta in red sauce. It's delicious.

Curious, jealous, nutritious, delicious. Famous, anxious,

Hello, all. O episódio de hoje é diferente. Como assim? Bom, diferente porque o inglês que eu vou usar nele é um pouco mais básico. É um inglês que quem tiver completado o meu Curso Básico de maneira bem sucedida vai conseguir entender. A razão pra eu fazer isso é que eu quero que os meus alunos, assim como outros aprendizes com conhecimento mais básico, consigam entender e aproveitar essa dica, já que ela foca em um dos erros de pronúncia inglesa mais comuns entre nós, brasileiros: a terminação -OUS. Esse é um exemplo do que uma pessoa que começ0u do zero vai conseguir compreender (e eventualmente falar) fazendo o Curso.

Lembre-se que quanto mais você ouvir um som; quanto mais você se familiarizar com as palavras e com aqueles sons, mais natural esses pedaços do inglês se tornam para você. Não tem jeito mais eficaz de absorver a lingua inglesa (ou qualquer outra) do que mergulhar em conteúdo que você compreende naquela língua. Se você tem nível básico ou pré-intermediário, não perca esse episódio! Ao fim dele, vai ter ouvido a maneira correta de pronunciar -OUS várias vezes, e vai conhecer muitos exemplos desse sonzinho.

Transcrição

Hello, all. Here’s a new episode of the Inglesonline podcast. Please subscribe to this podcast using the Podcasts app for iPhone or iPad, or listen to the episodes using the Inglesonline Android app. Thanks for all the comments at the iTunes store and if you haven’t yet left a comment for this podcast please do so: The more comments for the Inglesonline podcast, the more people will find out about it and listen to the episodes. Thanks for telling your friends, your neighbors, your family and keep listening!

Today I’m talking about words like famous and anxious. What do these words have in common? Both end in -OUS. Here in Brazil, it is very common to hear people pronounce words like famous and anxious like this: “feimous” and “enkxious”. It is a very common mistake. So I’m going to tell you exactly how to pronounce these words. Here we go: “feimãs” and “enkxiãs.”

NOT “feimous” and “enkxious” – these sound like Portuguese! Famous, anxious. It is important to know how to spell these words; how to spell famous and anxious. Famous is f-a-m-o-u-s, and anxious is a-n-x-i-o-u-s. We are talking about the sound -OUS (“ãs”). How do you spell it? O-U-S.

Here are some examples with famous:

Luan Santana is a famous artist.
Neymar is a famous football (or soccer) player.
Ivete Sangalo is a famous singer.
Robert de Niro is a famous American actor.
Susana Vieira is a famous Brazilian actress.

Famous, famous, famous. Got it? Now here are a few examples with “anxious.”

I feel anxious about my exam tomorrow.
My friend Mary feels anxious about her English test next week.
Karen feels anxious about her wedding.
Jim and Jennifer feel anxious about their trip.
I feel anxious about my birthday party tonight.

Anxious, anxious, anxious.

Here are more examples with the sound -OUS: dangerous.

It is dangerous to drive a car when you are very tired.
It’s also dangerous to cross a busy street when you are not paying attention.
Peter lives in a dangerous neighborhood.
Alcohol and driving is a dangerous combination.
Car racing is a dangerous sport.

Dangerous, dangerous, dangerous. Now listen to these words: curious, jealous, nutritious, delicious. So, again: we do not say “kiurious”, “djelous”, “nutrichous” and “delixous.” We say curious, jealous, nutritious and delicious. Listen to more examples:

I’m curious about your new job. Please tell me more about it!
Leslie asked me many questions about my life. She was so curious about me!
John is jealous of your success.
You’re going to Disneyland next week! I’m so jealous!
This food is really nutritious.
Sweet potato is a very nutritious food.
The soup is delicious.
Try the pasta in red sauce. It’s delicious.

Curious, jealous, nutritious, delicious. Famous, anxious, dangerous. I’m going to say a few more examples with “famous” because I think it’s the most common word of the bunch:

Do you want to be famous? If you want to be famous, get a job as an actor. Maybe at TV Globo!

Famous people often wear sunglasses, right? I wear sunglasses all the time, but I’m not famous.

Do you know a famous person? Do you have a famous friend? Is he or she a famous celebrity? Tell us, who is your famous friend?

What are your examples? Who is your famous friend? Which sports or activities are dangerous, in your opinion? What topics are you curious about? What’s your favorite nutritious food? Are you a jealous person? Are you an anxious person? Listen to this episode many times, and get familiar with the sounds! Talk to you next time.

 

Keywords

palavras com o som -OUS

 

Glossary

these sound like Portuguese = isso parece português

feels anxious about = está ansiosa por causa de

jealous of = com inveja de

curious about = curiosa a respeito de

the most common word of the bunch = a palavra mais comum do grupo

 

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