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Portuguese Tão vs. Tanto – What’s the Difference Exactly?
Portuguese language learners often struggle to distinguish between the adverbs tão and tanto. Are you one of them? I totally get it! After all, both tão and tanto are modifiers used to intensify the meaning of other words. Also, both…
Portuguese Gerund: Progressive Tenses and Beyond
The Portuguese gerund (gerúndio) is used to build progressive tenses such as the present continuous – it is the equivalent of the English present participle, that is, the -ing verb form. To form the Portuguese gerund you only need to…
Portuguese Object Pronouns – Direct and Indirect Pronouns
You’ve probably noticed that Portuguese verbs are often surrounded by little words like lhe, te or nos. Those are object pronouns just like him, you or us in English. Simply put, object pronouns go along with verbs to indicate to…
Portuguese Reflexive Verbs and Pronouns
Reflexive verbs are abundant in Portuguese and many of them are frequently used in everyday life. It is very easy for language learners – especially those without any previous acquaintance with Romance languages – to leave out the reflexive pronoun…
Portuguese Prepositions and Their Contractions: An In-Depth Usage Rundown
In general, prepositions have an infamous reputation among language learners, and judging by all the whining and moaning I’ve heard from students throughout the years, Portuguese prepositions are definitely not the exception. In this article, I will walk you through…
Portuguese Question Words
So, you are a beginner with a bold attitude and you want to start interacting in Portuguese right off the bat. I like that. One thing you’ll need to keep the conversation going, besides your bravery, is to get comfortable…
Portuguese Perfect vs. Imperfect Tense: Know When to Use Which
The Portuguese perfect and imperfect past tenses (pretérito perfeito and pretérito imperfeito in Portuguese) are often a headache for English native speakers and other language learners whose native tongue doesn’t make this distinction. Briefly, the Portuguese perfect and imperfect past…
Forming the Plural in Portuguese
This article teaches you how to form plurals in Portuguese. Learning the main singular-to-plural spelling conversion patterns is very helpful, more than you might think. Here’s why. In Portuguese, words belonging to several word classes are spelled differently depending on…
Gender of Portuguese Words
Like other Romance languages, Portuguese nouns are gender-marked being either masculine or feminine. But the gender dimension in Portuguese extends well beyond nouns. For instance, word classes such as adjectives, pronouns, and articles will inflect to conform to the gender…