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Brazilian PortuguesePortuguês Brasileiro Chapter 3 Chapter 2 Chapter 4
thumb | 420 px | left |A Train at the Anhumas Station (Estação de Anhumas) in Campinas, São Paulo)
Chapter 3 - Objetos Comuns
This Lesson's VocabularyEveryday ObjectsNumbers
This Lesson's GrammarAsking Number-Related QuestionsThe Verb TerPlurals of Nouns
Dialogue
Structure
Pronunciation
Vocabulary
Counting in Portuguese
380 px | thumb | Picture A.
1 - um (fem. uma)
2 - dois (fem. duas)
3 - três
4 - quatro
5 - cinco
6 - seis
7 - sete
8 - oito
9 - nove
10 - dez
11 - onze
12 - doze
13 - treze
14 - quatorze
15 - quinze
16 - dezesseis
17 - dezessete
18 - dezoito
19 - dezenove
20 - vinte
21 - vinte e um
22 - vinte e dois
etc...
30 - trinta
40 - quarenta
50 - cinquenta
60 - sessenta
70 - setenta
80 - oitenta
90 - noventa
Exercises
A. Answer in Portuguese
Quantas janelas tem a casa? (Picture A)
Spell out and say the numbers on the license plate.
B. Translate into Portuguese.
Your car has two windows.
My car has four windows
Grammar
Plurals of Nouns
Almost every portuguese word ends with s.
To know how to make the plural:
The suffix -s is added normally.
-es is added when the word ends with r or z; in some words ending with ão, the o is removed to add -es (Pão → Pães).
-is is added in some words ending with al, el, ol or ul (Pastel → Pastéis (the accute is added for the pronunciation))
-ns is added in words ending with m (Atum → Atuns)
-ões is added in some words ending with ão. (ão is removed and then -ões is added) (Limão → Limões)
In some words, the stem vowel /o/ in the singular changes to /ɔ/ in the plural, though this is not reflected in the orthography. (Tijolo /t͡ʃiˈʒolu/ → Tijolos /t͡ʃiˈʒɔlus/)
Regular Plurals
Casa → Casas
Irregular Plurals
Qualquer (any) becomes quaisquer.
Most words that end with 'x' don't change: Tórax (thorax. chest), inox (Stainless steel)
The Verb Ter
Eu tenho Nós temos Você tem Vocês têm Ele/Ela tem Eles/Elas têm
Exercises
Culture
Review
Answers to Exercises
A.
Oito janelas
B.
Seu carro tem duas janelas
Meu carro tem quatro janelas
Brazilian PortuguesePortuguês Brasileiro Chapter 3 Chapter 2 Chapter 4