Brazilian Portuguese Grammar
There are four definite articles:
| Masculine | Feminine | |
| Singular | o | a |
| Plural | os | as |
There are four
indefinite articles:
| Masculine | Feminine | |
| Singular | um | uma |
| Plural | uns | umas |
Object pronouns
have stressed and unstressed forms.
The Portuguese
language is particularly rich in verb tenses and moods:
| Modo indicativo | Indicative mood |
| presente | present |
| pretérito imperfeito | imperfect |
| pretérito mais-que-perfeito | pluperfect |
| pretérito mais-que-perfeito composto | compound pluperfect |
| pretérito perfeito | perfect |
| pretérito perfeito composto | compound perfect |
| futuro do presente | future |
| futuro do presente composto | compound future |
| futuro do pretérito | preterite future or future perfect |
| futuro do pretérito composto | compound preterite future or compound future perfect |
| Modo subjuntivo | Subjunctive mood |
| presente | present |
| pretérito perfeito | perfect |
| pretérito imperfeito | imperfect |
| pretérito mais-que-perfeito | pluperfect |
| futuro | future |
| futuro composto | compound future |
| Modo imperativo | Imperative mood |
| imperativo afirmativo | affirmative form |
| imperativo negativo | negative form |
Portuguese has the following verbals:
| Formas nominais | Verbals |
| infinitivo impessoal | impersonal infinitive |
| infinitivo impessoal composto | compound impersonal infinitive |
| infinitivo pessoal | personal infinitive |
| infinitivo pessoal composto | compound personal infinitive |
| gerúndio | gerund |
| gerúndio composto | compound gerund |
| particípio | participle |
Personal
infinitives agree in person, gender and number with the subject.
Participles
agree in gender and number with nouns.
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