conjunctions	e (and)
	mas (but)
	se (if)
	ou (or)
	por (for)
combinations	ao (to the)
	aos (to the)
contractions	do (of the)
	dos (of the)
	da (of the)
	das (of the)
	no (in the, on the, at the)
	nos (in the, on the, at the)
	na (in the, on the, at the)
	nas (in the, on the, at the)
	pelo (for the)
	pelos (for the)
	pela (for the)
	pelas (for the)
relative pronoun	que (that, who, which)

 

8. The contraction between preposition a and feminine definite articles a or as must always have a grave accent:

a + a	à
a + as	às

 

9. The following words must never be accented:

como	how, as, like, since
porque	because

 

10. The word para may be accented according to its meaning:

para (preposition)	for, to
pára (verb)	verb to stop, 3rd person singular of the present indicative

 

The use of the trema, til and cedilha will be discussed on a different page.

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