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- "Água é alimento."
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vivisaurus
2743
Hi Bethany.Special! No, the accented é sounds different from the e that means and.
Accented é
-- sounds like the one she is saying at the normal speed, close to the a in the English words as, back, and lavender.
Normal e
-- sounds like what she usually says at slow speed: like the "e" in Bend, Emma, Embarass, Exactly, . The accented ê sounds this way as well.
Describing sounds is always difficult, but I hope it helps! =]
vivisaurus
2743
Even better!
I've only heard it sound like "i" after "d" or "t", and at the end of words.
(que/qui, dente/denn-chi, chocolate/chocolah-chi, tiara/chi-ara, mendigo/men-gee-go). Is that what you mean? =]