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🇵🇹 Portugees · A1 · Greetings & Introductions

Where are you from?

Deze les is nog niet in jouw taal beschikbaar — hij wordt in het Engels getoond.

Woordenschat

  • paíscountry
  • cidadecity
  • língualanguage
  • portuguêsPortuguese (m)
  • portuguesaPortuguese (f)
  • brasileiroBrazilian (m)
  • brasileiraBrazilian (f)
  • eu faloI speak
  • eu sou deI am from
  • o paísthe country
  • a cidadethe city
  • ondewhere

Countries and Nationalities

In Portuguese, nationalities change depending on gender. Most follow this pattern:

  • -o (masculine) / -a (feminine): português → portuguesa
  • -ês (masculine) / -esa (feminine): francês → francesa

💬 Example: "Eu sou português." → "I am Portuguese." (male)

💬 Example: "Ela é brasileira." → "She is Brazilian."

Definite Articles (o, a, os, as)

Portuguese has four definite articles that agree in gender and number:

  • o → the (masculine singular): o país
  • a → the (feminine singular): a cidade
  • os → the (masculine plural): os países
  • as → the (feminine plural): as cidades

Unlike English, Portuguese uses articles before country names: o Brasil, a França, os Estados Unidos.

💬 Example: "Eu sou do Brasil." → "I am from Brazil." (de + o = do)

Uitdrukkingen

  • De onde és?Where are you from? (informal)
  • Eu sou de LisboaSaying which city you are from
  • Eu falo portuguêsSaying what language you speak
  • Que línguas falas?Asking what languages someone speaks
  • Sou portuguêsSaying your nationality
  • Vivo em PortugalSaying where you live

Veelgemaakte fouten

  • Eu sou portuguesa (said by a man)
    Eu sou português

    Nationalities must agree with the speaker's gender.

  • Eu sou de o Brasil
    Eu sou do Brasil

    De + o contracts to do. Always use the contraction.

  • Eu falo portugues
    Eu falo português

    Don't forget the accent — português has a circumflex on the e.

  • Sou de Portugal país
    Sou de Portugal

    No need to add país after the country name.

  • A Brasil
    O Brasil

    Brasil is masculine — use the article o, not a.

Korte quiz

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