Portuguese Articles & Demonstratives

Learn how to say the, a/an, this, that, these and those in Portuguese

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4. Portuguese Articles & Demonstratives

The translations of the articles the and a/an in Portuguese, as well as the demonstratives this, that, these and those, change according to the noun they precede. You need to know if the noun is masculine or feminine and singular or plural.

	Masc. Singular	Fem. Singular		Masc. Plural	Fem. Plural
the	o	a	the	os	as
a, an	um	uma	some	uns	umas
this	este	esta	these	estes	estas
that	esse	essa	those	esses	essas
that	aquele	aquela	those	aqueles	aquelas

Two ways to say that/those:

you use esse when you see something that is not with you but it's near
you use aquele when you see something that is far from you or that is not near you at that moment.

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