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Articles

1. The Definite Article
2. The Indefinite Article

1. The Definite Article

ARTICLE MASCULINE FEMININE ENGLISH
singular o a the
plural os as the

 

The definite article is used before nouns, countries, continents, rivers, islands, regions, seasons of the year, days of the week, colors, possessive pronouns, parts of the body, titles and even before names in some regions of Brazil.

It specifies the noun and at the same time it indicates its gender and number.

The definite article is more frequently used in Portuguese than in English.

 

PORTUGUESE ENGLISH
o livro the book
a caneta the pen

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2
. The Indefinite Article

ARTICLE MASCULINE FEMININE ENGLISH
singular um uma a
plural uns umas some

 

The indefinite article is used before nouns. It does not specify a noun. 

The plural form is normally used to show an approximate number (about/around) or instead of alguns/algumas (some).

 

PORTUGUESE ENGLISH
um livro a book
uma caneta a pen

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