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Crasis





PORTUGUESE


  • Vou a a praia'' ("I am going to the beach"), one says ''Vou à praia'' ("I am going '''to-the''' beach"). This contraction turns the Clitic ''a'' into the stressed word ''à''.


Crasis also occurs between the preposition ''a'' and .

In addition, the vowel ''à'' is pronounced Lower than the vowel ''a'' in these examples in standard European Portuguese, though this qualitative distinction is generally not made in Brazilian Portuguese .


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