Brazilian Portuguese/Chapter 3

Counting in Portuguese


1 - um (fem. uma)

2 - dois (fem. duas)

3 - três

4 - quatro

5 - cinco

6 - seis

7 - sete

8 - oito

9 - nove

10 - dez

11 - onze

12 - doze

13 - treze

14 - quatorze

15 - quinze

16 - dezesseis

17 - dezessete

18 - dezoito

19 - dezenove

20 - vinte

21 - vinte e um

22 - vinte e dois

etc...



30 - trinta

40 - quarenta

50 - cinquenta

60 - sessenta

70 - setenta

80 - oitenta

90 - noventa

Exercises
A. Answer in Portuguese
 * 1) Quantas janelas tem a casa? (Picture A)
 * 2) Spell out and say the numbers on the license plate.

B. Translate into Portuguese.
 * 1) Your car has two windows.
 * 2) My car has four windows

Plurals of Nouns
Almost every portuguese word ends with s

to know how to make the plural: The suffix -s is added normally The -es is added when the word ends with r or z; in some words ending with ão, the o is removed to add -es (Pão → Pães). The -is is added in some words ending with al, el, ol or ul (Pastel → Pastéis (the accute is added for the pronunciation)) The -ns is added in words ending with m (Atum → Atuns) The -ões is added in some words ending with ão. (ão is removed and then -ões is added) (Limão → Limões)

Regular Plurals
Casa → Casas

Irregular Plurals
Qualquer (any) becomes quaisquer. Most words that end with 'x' don't change: Tórax (thorax. chest), inox (Stainless steel)

Answers to Exercises
A.
 * 1) Oito janelas

B.
 * 1) Seu carro tem duas janelas
 * 2) Meu carro tem quatro janelas