2. The Accent.
The Portuguese language has several accents:
- the ʹ acute accent,
- the ^ circumflex accent,
- the ~ hyphen, called til, is set over some letters
- as a substitute for m, as:
- lã for lam
- bẽ for bem
- huã for huam.
3. The Vowels.
A 1. is pronounced like the a in the English word path, when it has the acute accent ´:
- chá, tea
- dá, he gives
- lá, there.
2. is it pronounced short and clear like the a in father:
capitão, the captain (first a),
or if found before the double consonants: cc, ll, mm, nn, pp, ss, tt, as: