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Portuguese Articles: the The
By James Hall

The first thing that struck me as wrong with the use of o and a for THE. One letter? I really wanted at least an “el” or, “la”. Portuguese Articles (called: definite articles) are actually super-practical. Two immediate and big payoffs: (1) Most nouns that end in “o” take the “o”article. Most “a” ending words use “a” for “the”. (2) You can also combine…

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(2) Beginning Portuguese

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In Portuguese, the article the is used more often than in English. It’s commonly placed before someone’s name, o Jorge a Marisa as well as In general, most nouns (things) are also preceded by the.

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Você quer um café? Sim. Eu quero um café. Garçom! Garçom! Mais uma bebida? Ele quer um café. Eu quero uma água mineral, por favor. Uma água mineral e um café. O senhor quer um café pequeno? The formal o senhor & a senhora can be used when addressing your elders that are not close…

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Onde fica? ➜ dialog

Com licença. Oi? Brazilian’s say oi? for “hi”. But they also use it to say, what? Você sabe onde fica o banco, ou um caixa eletrônico nessa rua? This was my first spoken sentence and it served me well. Sabe onde fica will get you out of trouble — and into new trouble 😉 Repeat…

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Faxineira 2 ➜ dialog

*The new chapter will begin right after a review of the first one 🤞. ARTUR Ô Lívia? This Ô is just like oh. Você pode usar a escada, tá? A perfect example of how Brazilians really say está. FAXINEIRA Tudo bem. Não preciso não, o patrão. Here you can hear her say the o patrão….

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