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Gortexfogg · 04-16-2004, 05:15 AM

I'm reading a book originally written in Portuguese but translated into English. It has there sort of rebel soldiers called jagunços. I've been pronouncing this in my head as "ja(as in jaw)-gun-so(as in sew)". But, I remembered in Spanish that j can be pronounced like a h, so I was wondering if that might also be the case in Portuguese. If someone could shed some light on how to correctly pronounce this word I'd be really grateful.

Nitrox · 04-16-2004, 08:22 AM

Also called capangas (loosely translated - landless, armed peasants)

You would pronounce the j like the "s" in "treasure", like this..

http://www.geocities.com/email_theguy/newportweb/ja.wav

Not sure why the link doesn't work, but copying and pasting the site works

04-16-2004, 05:15 AM	#1 (permalink)
Gortexfogg I and I Location: Stillwater, OK	Portuguese pronunciation help I'm reading a book originally written in Portuguese but translated into English. It has there sort of rebel soldiers called jagunços. I've been pronouncing this in my head as "ja(as in jaw)-gun-so(as in sew)". But, I remembered in Spanish that j can be pronounced like a h, so I was wondering if that might also be the case in Portuguese. If someone could shed some light on how to correctly pronounce this word I'd be really grateful.

04-16-2004, 08:22 AM	#2 (permalink)
Nitrox Crazy Location: IN	Also called capangas (loosely translated - landless, armed peasants) You would pronounce the j like the "s" in "treasure", like this.. http://www.geocities.com/email_theguy/newportweb/ja.wav Not sure why the link doesn't work, but copying and pasting the site works Last edited by Nitrox; 04-16-2004 at 08:52 AM..