This page outlines use of adverbs in Brazilian Portuguese. Adverbs modify verbs (e.g. she talks loudly), adjectives (e.g. he is very tall) and other adverbs (e.g. she is almost always late). In English, adverbs are often formed by adding –ly to the end of an adjective (e.g. seriously). Just like in English, Portuguese adverbs (advérbios) […]
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This page offers a guide to conjugating regular verbs in the present tense in Brazilian Portuguese. When I was at school, we were told that verbs are ‘doing’ words, which describe an action (e.g. she ran away), however, verbs can also express mental actions (e.g. to think) as well as states of being (e.g. to
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This page explains use of possessives in Brazilian Portuguese. Possessive determiners and possessive pronouns come up in day-to-day conversations all of the time and indicate that something belongs to, or is owned by someone. Possessive determiners including my, your, his, and her come before the noun they are modifying e.g. it is my house/é minha
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This page outlines how adjectives are used in Brazilian Portuguese. Adjectives describe things and tell us more about the noun. If you can put ‘it is’ in front of a word, then it’s most probably an adjective. The adjective in Portuguese normally comes after the noun, this is the opposite word order to English (e.g.
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This page explains how nouns and articles work in Brazilian Portuguese, including grammatical gender and how to use definite and indefinite articles. Nouns in Brazilian Portuguese Nouns are words that represent people, places, or things. In Brazilian Portuguese, all nouns have a grammatical gender – masculine or feminine. If a noun ends with an –o,
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This page outlines the use of personal pronouns in Brazilian Portuguese. Personal pronouns typically refer to people or things and replace nouns to help make sentences shorter, clearer and less repetitive. In English, personal pronouns include: I, we, it, they, you, he and she, e.g. I brush my teeth regularly Portuguese is a highly gendered
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This page outlines the difference between ser and estar in Brazilian Portuguese. In Portuguese, there are two ‘to be’ verbs: ser and estar: Personal pronoun Ser Estar Translation eu sou estou I am você/ ele /ela é está He /she /you are nós somos estamos We are vocês são estão You are (plural) eles/ elas
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I’m not very good at learning languages. That’s not to say I’m bad at languages – the kid who sat next to me in French classes at school did well out of copying my answers and I can remember the words to Alouette by heart. However, the prospect of learning languages has never really captured
