ARTICLES, CONJUNCTIONS AND PREPOSITIONS
a, o | art | feminine and masculine definite articles respectively. -s plural. |
através | prp | through |
com | prp | with |
como | prp | as, like |
de, do, da | prp | stablishes a connection, generally of posession or origin much like a genitive, between two words. |
| | de + o -> do |
| | de + a -> da |
| | De does not have a plural, do and da have the same plural ending as the articles. |
e | con | and |
em, na, no | prp | in, on, at |
| | em + a -> na |
| | em + o -> no |
| | Em does not have a plural, no and na have the same plural ending as the articles. |
por | prp | stablishes a connection between two word, possibly of cause, time, space, mode among others. |
se | con | if |
um, uma | art | feminine and masculine indefinite articles respectively. -s plural. |
PRONOUNS
ela, ele | pro | she and he respectively |
esse | pro | that |
me | pro | reflexive first person pronoun |
ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS
adeptamente | adv | adeptly |
bela | adj | beautiful, pretty. -s plural. |
brilhante | adj | shiny, brilliant. -s plural. |
invisível | adj | invisible |
novamente | adv | again, once more |
onde | adv | where |
pequeno | adj | small, tiny. -s plural. |
rápido | adj | fast. -s plural. |
velho | adj | old. -s plural. |
VERBS
aquecer | verb | to heat |
carregar | verb | to carry |
chegar | verb | to arrive |
contemplar | verb | to contemplate |
correr | verb | to run |
disaparecer | verb | to disappear |
esconder | verb | to hide |
espiralar | verb | to spiral |
estar | verb | to be, alienable quality - irregular |
gritar | verb | to scream, to shout |
ir | verb | to go - irregular |
mover | verb | to move |
parecer | verb | to look like, to resemble |
passar | verb | to pass |
ser | verb | to be, inalienable quality - irregular |
sorrir | verb | to smile |
ver | verb | to see, to watch - irregular |
NOUNS
contos de fada | noun | fairy tales | |
crepúsculo | noun | twilight. | -s plural |
criança | noun | kid, child. | -s plural |
escuridão | noun | darkness. | -ões plural |
flor | noun | flower. | -es plural |
fogo | noun | fire. | -s plural |
fruto | noun | fruit. | -s plural |
garota | noun | girl. | -s plural |
mascára | noun | mask. | -s plural |
massa | noun | dough. | -s plural |
morcego | noun | bat (animal). | -s plural |
música | noun | music. | -s plural |
povo | noun | people. | |
prédio | noun | building. | -s plural |
pão | noun | bread. | -ães plural |
rede | noun | net, hammock. | -s plural |
roupa | noun | clothes. | -s plural |
soldado | noun | soldier. | -s plural |
sonho | noun | dream. | -s plural |
tesouro | noun | treasure. | -s plural |
violão | noun | guitar. | -s plural |
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GRAMMAR
Portuguese is an SVO Romance Language, with two genders - masculine and feminine. Masculine words tend to end with -o, while feminine words tend to end with -a. Adjectives usually come after their nouns or noun phrases. (ball red, not red ball). Verbs are divided in three groups, each with its own conjugating paradigm.
- The first group, ending in -ar
- The second group, ending in -er or -or
- The third group, ending in -ir
The text presents three tenses, the present, the present participle and the imperfective preterite subjunctive - the latter of which is only present in one verb on the text: estivesse - the first person singular imperfect preterite subjunctive of the verb estar Other irregular verbs found on the text were:
- é - the third person singular present of the verb ser
- vão - the third person plural present of the verb ir
- vê - the third person singular present of the verb ver
The present participle can be constructed by the following manner:
- verb-ar -> verb-ando
- verb-er -> verb-endo
- verb-ir -> verb-indo
The present tense can be conjugated according to the following paradigm
verb-ar
1S -> Eu | verb-o |
2S -> Tú | verb-as* (archaic in Brazilian Portuguese, being replaced by the more common Tú / Você verb-a) |
3S -> Ele(a) | verb-a |
1P -> Nós | verb-amos |
2P -> Vós | verb-ais (archaic in Brazilian Portuguese, being replaced by the more common Vocês verb-am) |
3P -> Eles(as) | verb-am |
verb-er
1S -> Eu | verb-o |
2S -> Tú | verb-es* (archaic in Brazilian Portuguese, being replaced by the more common Tú / Você verb-e) |
3S -> Ele(a) | verb-e |
1P -> Nós | verb-emos |
2P -> Vós | verb-eis (archaic in Brazilian Portuguese, being replaced by the more common Vocês verb-em) |
3P -> Eles(as) | verb-em |
verb-ir
1S -> Eu | verb-o |
2S -> Tú | verb-es* (archaic in Brazilian Portuguese, being replaced by the more common Tú / Você verb-e) |
3S -> Ele(a) | verb-e |
1P -> Nós | verb-imos |
2P -> Vós | verb-is (archaic in Brazilian Portuguese, being replaced by the more common Vocês verb-em) |
3P -> Eles(as) | verb-em |
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