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Pronunciation question (n followed by h)
In some words, the nh sounds like ny: minha = meen yah sobrinha = so breen yah
But in other words it sounds like the h is silent: vinho = vee noh tenho = ten oh
There's no set standard for the nh pronunciation?
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I know this might sound kind of lame, but if you watch japanese anime, they sometimes like to make this "nya" sound, to be cute, you know? That is what the Portuguese "nh" (minus the a at the end of course) has always sounded to me, and I've never been told I'm pronouncing it wrongly by native speakers, so I figured it worked. So when I was first picking up the language, I would see "tenho" as "ten-yo", so if you ask me, I think that is probably accurate.
Hello,
This video has various examples, and should help you: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vn3WkRf1jI