Structure

Counting in Portuguese

Picture A.

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...

Picture B.

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)

The Verb Ter

Exercises