grammar Flashcards
conjugating ser - to be
Eu sou
Tu/ Você és/ e
ele/ ela é
nós somos
vocês são
eles/ elas são
difference between elas and eles
elas = they for only women
eles = they for men or mixed group
you (formal and plural)
os senhores
as senhoras
definitive articles in Portuguese
masc. = o and os (pl.)
fem. = a and as (pl.)
how to say number 6 on a phone number
- when talking on the phone, word meia can be used for 6
affect of accent mark on Portuguese
- w/o accent mark in Portuguese accent is usually stressed on the penultimate
conjugate verb morar - to live
eu moro
tu moras
você mora
ele/ela mora
nós moramos
vocês moram
eles/elas moram
REGULAR -ar verbs ending
eu -o
tu/ você -as/-a
ele/ela -a
nós -amos
vocés -am
eles/ elas -am
em + definite article (masc.)
em + o –> no
em + definitve article (fem.)
em + a –> na
names of countries that take the definitive article (list 5)
o Reino Unido
a Grã-Bretanha
a escócia
a irlanda
o país de gales
a alemanha
a itália
os estados unidos
a coreia
o brasil
do names of countries take the definitive article
yes:
o = masculine
a = feminine
countries that don’t take the definitive article
Portugal
Moçambique
Angola
Israel
do cities take the definite article
no, names of cities don’t they use em (in)
exceptions to cities that take definitve articles
o Rio de Janeiro
o Cairo
what are the indefinite articles
um –> uns (pl)
uma –> umas (pl)
em + INDEFINITE article (masc. & fem.)
em + um –> num (masc.)
em + uma –> numa (fem.)
in a/ in the for masculine nouns
num (in a)
no (in the)
in a/ in the for feminine nouns
numa (in a)
na (in the)
de + definite article (masc. and pl)
do(s)
de + definite article (fem. and pl)
da(s)
indefinite article plurals
mpl. – uns
fpl. – umas
how to use possessives in a sentence
- Meu/minha; teu/tua; seu/sua; nosso/nossa; vosso/vossa come before the noun
- Dele, dela, deles, delas come after the noun. They do not agree with the noun
how to say: his car, his cars, his house and his houses in portuguese
his car: o carro dele
his cars: os carros dele
his house: a casa dele
his houses: as casa dele