Topic: Pronunciation of de, di, te, ti
Here's a quick tip. I will divide it into parts.
Firstly, Brazilians like the sound EE (like the word see). Secondly, there some times when an E doesn't sound like ee. Lastly, the sound of the D and T depends on how the E sounds.
DI - sounds like jee with the J from judge
TI - sounds like chee like the first half of cheese
DE - sometimes sounds like DI, sometimes sounds like the word den
TE - sometimes sounds like TI, sometimes sounds like the word ten
My examples:
tem(he has): teng
~EM or EN makes it sound like teng
cidade(city): see-dah-jee
~the J sounds like judge, and E is at the end of the word and there is no accent on it
presidente(president): preh-zee-den-chee
~DEN sounds like deng but with not much emphasis on the G
latim(Latin): lah-cheeng
~EM and EN sound like teng, but TIM still sounds like chee, and the M at the end of the word sounds like ng
de(of/from): jee
~J from judge
