"Eu decido."

Translation: I decide.

[TobyBartels]

I'm the decider!

[4oYBIxtO]

I am not sure, a few minutes ago I had "Você decide" and "Eles decidem". So the political fight is still ongoing.

[SimmySosa]

I think most of the pronounciation comes from whatever "Sotaques" Duolingo chooses to use for each translation. The d sounding like a j us used in places like Rio de Janeiro, where their general pronounciation of S sounds more like the european use is an s (sh sound). Other places in Brazil, up north i think, tend to use a hard D sound.

[evelynwong]

Easiest translation ever!

[RebeccaKemper]

Can anyone talk about why decido uses a 'd' sound vs. the 'j' or 'dj' sound that I've been hearing more often?

[TrevM]

I believe (I'm not still really sure but..) that the use of the sound "j" when a word starts or even when it finishes with "D" is variable, same as it happens with the "t". You could pronounce /jisculpe/ or /desculpe/, because most of people who live in the south tend to use the J and the north ppl goes for D. It's called "Sotaque" here in Brasil. I'll ask some mates, good question! :D

[PHScanes]

Some places use to speak d in the last syllable like dj, before i or e... the most of the portugese speakers do... but d have d sound in a good speech...

[molypanchita]

I have wondered the same thing...is it because the "d" precedes the "o" whereas in other words like decide and decides it comes before the s?

[petee0518]

I believe I remember reading that "di" always has J sound, "de" has it only at the end of the word, and the rest are pronounced always as D sound.

[gearforce]

Then I think there is a mistake in another sentence where the audio say: eles decidem and sound dj for the first de.

[tommg]

And what about 'desculpe'? It starts with a 'j' sound.

[petee0518]

no, desculpe begins with a hard D sound
http://www.forvo.com/word/desculpe/

[tommg]

That's weird, I would have sworn I heard the robot say 'j', and that's what I can still hear when I type it in Google Translate.

[Gyozo_Cserhalmy]

My 'brazil-speaking' conjugator also says 'jisculpi' but some other verbs beginning with 'de' remain pronounced with 'd'. (I haven't tried all of them.)

[Pau_B]

Are we studying the Portuguese spoken in Portugal or the one spoken in Brazil?

[PHScanes]

It's more brasilian, but they are very close...

[BrianL51]

My Portuguese friends/colleagues encourage me not to care too much about the distinction... because I will never sound like either :-)