Brazilian Portuguese Grammar
The pronouns esse, essa, esses, essas are used to talk about:
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People or things that are in, on or close to the listener; also, to refer to a place where the listener is:
| Onde você comprou esse relógio? | Where did you buy that watch? |
| Essa menina é sua filha, não é? | That girl is your daughter, isn't she? |
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A period of time that has finished:
| Muitas pessoas morreram esse mês. | A lot of people died that month. |
| Essas quartas-feiras foram muito importantes. | Those Wednesdays were very important. |
The pronouns aquele, aquela, aqueles, aquelas are used to talk about:
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People or things that are far from the speaker and the listener:
| Quem é aquela garota? | Who's that girl? |
| Aqueles homens roubaram um banco ontem. | Those men robbed a bank yesterday. |
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A period of time that finished long ago or somewhat vague:
| Aqueles foram os melhores anos de minha vida. | Those were the best years of my life. |
Preposition a and the following pronouns must be contracted:
| a + aquele | àquele | Enviei uma mensagem àquele gerente. | I sent a message to that manager. |
| a + aqueles | àqueles | Enviei uma mensagem àquela garçonete. | I sent a message to that waitress. |
| a + aquela | àquela | Enviei uma mensagem àqueles bancários. | I sent a message to those bank clerks. |
| a +aquelas | àquelas | Enviei uma mensagem àquelas comissárias de bordo. | I sent a message to those (female) flight attendants. |
| a + aquilo | àquilo |
Não me referi àquilo.
to refer to = referir-se a |
I didn't refer to that. |
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