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葡萄牙语介词“De”

葡萄牙语介词 de 是起源介词,葡萄牙语相当于 from 用英语。此外,我们使用 de 表示占有、修饰名词、表达时间等。

让我们深入了解一下。

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合同形式

介词 de 与限定词(主要是冠词)和指示词合并。我们来看看它的缩写形式。  

de + 文章

默认情况下, de 与其后面的任何文章合并:

definite articles oaosas
contracted forms do 
(de + o)
da 
(de + a)
dos 
(de + os)
das 
(de + as)
indefinite articlesumumaunsumas
contracted forms dum 
(de + um)
duma 
(de + uma)
duns 
(de + uns)
dumas 
(de + umas)

有时我们不会合并 de 不定 文章。因此,我们经常说和写 de um 代替 dum, 或者 de uma 代替 duma。两者都是正确的。 

de + 指示词 

当指示限定词前面时, de 经常以缩写形式与它们融为一体:

thisistoeste/sesta/s
contracted forms disto
(de + isto)
deste/s
(de + este/s)
desta/s
(de + esta/s)
thatissoesse/sessa/s
contracted formsdisso
(de + isso)
desse/s
(de + esse/s)
dessa/s
(de + essa/s)
that over thereaquiloaquele/saquela/s
contracted formsdaquilo
(de + aquilo)
daquele/s
(de + aquele/s)
daquela/s
(de + aquela/s)

其他常见宫缩 

otheroutro/soutra/s
contracted forms doutro/s
(de + outro/s)
doutra/s
(de + outra/s)
somealgum/algunsalguma/s
contracted formsdalgum/dalguns
(de + algum)
dalguma/s
(de + alguma)
someonealguém
contracted formsdalguém
(em + alguém)
here/thereaqui
contracted formsdaqui
(em + aqui)
daí
(de + aí)
he/she/theyele/sela/s
contracted formsdele/s
(de + ele/s)
dela/s
(de + ela/s)
whereonde
contracted formsdonde
(de + onde)
beforeantes
contracted formsdantes
(de + antes)

Usage

起源

正如我们在简介中所说, de 首先是起源介词: 

Eu venho do Paquistão. 
我来自巴基斯坦。

Ela é do Minho. 
她来自米尼奥地区。

拥有

我们用 de 在属格结构中表示占有,就像我们使用后缀一样 用英语讲:

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