Greetings/cumprimentos

Hello olá
Hi oi
Good morning Bom-dia
Good afternoon Boa tarde
Good night/evening Boa noite
Welcome Bem-vindo
Goodbye Tchau-adeus
Pleasure to meet you prazer
You welcome,pleasure de nada
Thank you Obrigada/obrigado
Please Por favor
Morning De manhã
afternoon Á Ou De tarde
night Á ou De noite
See you next time Até a próxima
See you later Até logo
See you tomorrow Até amanhã

conversations
How are you? Tudo bem? Como vai?
I am good/great Estou bem/ tudo bem
More or less Mais ou menos
I am not good Não estou bem

formality
Mrs. Senhora
Sir. Senhor
Your excellence Vossa excelência
 Pronouns

Pronouns pronomes
I Eu
you Tu
he Ele voce
she Ela
we Nós
they Eles/ elas- plural
 Male and female nouns in portuguese

Definite articles

o/os (masculine singular/plural

The

a/as (feminine singular/plural)

We will start by studying the masculine nouns

Nouns That End with “o”:

Words that end in “o” are the most common type of masculine nouns in portuguese.

O Garfo (the fork) O Tempo (time or weather)

O Pato (duck) O Queijo (cheese)
O Prato (plate) O Sapo (frog)

Nouns That End with Consonants:

Vowel endings are most commom than consonante endings. Whenever a noun does end with
a consonant its usually a male name, however the nouns that end with the consonant “z” are
usually females, exemple voz (voice) is a female noun.

O lugar O valor
O papel O final

Nouns that end with the vowel i, u and –ema:

O Pai (the father) O céu (the sky) O problema (the problema)

O rei (the king) O museu (the museum) O tema (them theme)
O abacaxi (the pinneaple) O chapéu ( the hat) O sistema (the system)

Female nouns

Nouns That End with “a”:

A casa ( the house) A pessoa (the person)

A mesa (the table ) A coisa (the thing)
A rua (the street) A vida (the life)

Nouns That End with “ã”:

A manhã (the morning) A irmã (the sister)

A maçã (the apple)

Nouns That End with “ação”:

A relação (the relationship) A população (the population )

 A situação (the situation)
A informação (the information)

Nouns That End with “dade”, and “agem”

A verdade (the truth) A viagem (the trip)

A cidade (the city) A mensagem (the message)

1.Give the feminine or the masculine form of the form

Masculine feminine

Medico _______________

Aluno _______________

_____________ Dançarino

Cozinheiro ________________

Enfermeira _________________

______________ Professora

Escritor _________________

Cantor _________________

_______________ pintora

_______________ juiz

Chefe __________________

Presidente __________________

2. Rewrite the substantives,using the correct definite article in singular and

in plural.

a) caneta<feminine> singular: a caneta plural: as canetas

b) caderno<masculine> singular: o caderno plural: os cadernos

c) criança<feminine> singular: _________________ plural: _________________

d) carro<masculine> singular: _________________ plural: _________________

e) cama<feminine> singular: _________________ plural: _________________

f) banana<feminine> singular: _________________ plural: _________________

g) sapato<masculine> singular: ________________ plural: _________________

h) copo<masculine> singular: _________________ plural: _________________

i) filme<masculine> singular: _________________ plural: _________________

j) casa<feminine> singular: _________________ plural: ________________

3. Indefinite articles

Singular masculine - Um (a) Plural masculine- Uns (some)

Singular feminine- Uma (a) Plural feminine- Umas (some)
um carro a car) uns carros ( some cars)
uma mesa (a table) umas mesas (some tables)

A.Rewrite the words using articles with the features indicated in brackets.

a) carro [indefinite, plural] uns carros

b) casa [definite, singular] a casa

c) livro [definite, singular] _______________________

d) criança [indefinite, singular] _______________________

e) cidade [definite, plural] _______________________

f) telefone [indefinite, plural] _______________________

g) sapato [indefinite, singular] _______________________

h) homem [definite, plural] _______________________

i) mulher [indefinite, plural] _______________________

j) banana [definite, singular] ______________________

B. Translate the phrases from English into Portuguese.

a) the beautiful boy __________________________________

b) some beautiful boys __________________________________

c) a beautiful girl __________________________________

d) the beautiful girls __________________________________

e) some Brazilian doctors[masculine] __________________________________

f) a Brazilian doctor[feminine] __________________________________

g) the Brazilian doctor[feminine] __________________________________

h) the Brazilian doctors[masculine] __________________________________

i) the ugly women __________________________________

j) an ugly woman __________________________________

k) some ugly men __________________________________

l) the ugly man __________________________________

m) the portuguese student[masculine] __________________________________

n) the portuguese students[feminine] __________________________________

o) an angolan student[masculine] __________________________________

q) some angolan students[masculine] __________________________________

Palavras