What you’re not hearing in European Portuguese? Being able to answer this question will help you understand spoken Portuguese. The closed A and silent E are two important letters the Portuguese swallow. I’m focusing on these two letters to help you train your ears, make sense of Portuguese phonetics and finally understand naturally spoken Portuguese and make the best of your experience with learning European Portuguese.

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00:00 Introduction
00:54 Characteristics of the silent E and closed A
03:59 Minimal pairs exercise
08:02 Letters in context - a dialogue