tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1965683598332282548.post4333900739701099283..comments2023-04-13T06:04:36.053-07:00Comments on The Gritty Poet: Mas, Más, Mais . . . Oh ManThe Gritty Poethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00488719409200737596noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1965683598332282548.post-24274393989909313082012-09-12T05:27:37.330-07:002012-09-12T05:27:37.330-07:00I was going to say as well - in Rio they pronounce...I was going to say as well - in Rio they pronounce mas and mais the same and I get especially mixed up when I am writing (in my head Im' saying mais but I'm actually saying mas - the only place i've heard it pronounced clearly different is in SP!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15421142287093429996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1965683598332282548.post-6834010288435046062012-07-20T20:36:34.165-07:002012-07-20T20:36:34.165-07:00Sounds like you know my life storySounds like you know my life storyAlexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04601198151541361948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1965683598332282548.post-15863460223021544622012-07-20T14:57:27.778-07:002012-07-20T14:57:27.778-07:00Yup. A sentence with this word (in all meanings) c...Yup. A sentence with this word (in all meanings) could be the theme of my next nightmare. <br /><br />However, it's fairly easy to differentiate the usage when context clues are given. <br /><br />=PAlexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04601198151541361948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1965683598332282548.post-50882969171122176652012-07-20T07:45:50.303-07:002012-07-20T07:45:50.303-07:00Unfortunately this is the case most everywhere in ...Unfortunately this is the case most everywhere in Brazil: mas, mais recognition is burdensome since they sound very, very similar - eles soam muito, mas muito parecidos (hey, look at me using the Mr. Emphatic Mas in that last phrase. God I'm hot). Anyway I digress. So how to counter this? I don't know any method other than mastering vocabulary, and using context to discern which one of the two is being employed.<br />So now you're thinking "mas que desgraça", and I agree with you.The Gritty Poethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00488719409200737596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1965683598332282548.post-29707130222814975262012-07-20T04:59:43.599-07:002012-07-20T04:59:43.599-07:00And my problem is that in BH they pronounce "...And my problem is that in BH they pronounce "mas" and "mais" the same.shellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09510233639065517643noreply@blogger.com