Learning Articles in Portuguese -Articles-Begginer
Articles - Artigos
Definite and Indefinite articles – Artigo Definido e Indefinido
Articles are small words that precede the substantive (a noun).
Definite article: used to indicate that a thing is unique in some way.
Example:
• O carro – The truck (O / the – refer to a specific truck and not to any truck)
Indefinite article: used to indicate that a thing is not identified as unique.
Example:
• Um caminhão – A truck (Um/ A – refer to any truck)
In Portuguese the article must agree in gender and number with the noun, which means that the definite article o, for example, should precede a singular and masculine (as you could see in the first example - "o caminhão"). Observe the chart below:
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Articles
|
Definite - singular /plural The |
Indefinite - singular / plural A / Some |
|
Masculine |
O / Os |
Um / Uns |
|
Feminine |
A / As |
Uma / Umas |
Examples:
- o computador – the computer / os computadores – the computers
- um caminhão – a truck / uns caminhões – some trucks
- a casa – the house / as casas – the houses
- uma garota – a girl / umas garotas – some girls
