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Indefinite Articles in Portuguese Grammar

In today’s video we’re going to introduce you to indefinite articles in Portuguese. Watch and learn how to say “a” or “some” in Portuguese, when you want to refer to a less specific instance of something.

Stay tuned until the end for a short demo lesson, featuring activities from the Practice Portuguese learning platform, plus a quick tip from Rui about how to deal with a language learning slump.

This video is a part of the European Portuguese for Beginners series that covers basic Portuguese grammar, vocabulary and common European Portuguese expressions.

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0:00 Indefinite Articles in European Portuguese
2:09 Review Time!
3:32 Bonus Tip: How To Deal With A Language Learning Slump

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    • 00:00:07Já discutimos como dizer 'the',
    • 00:00:10que é quando vocês se referem a algo que já está definido.
    • 00:00:14Algo que todos já sabem do que estão a falar,
    • 00:00:16como "o homem", "a mesa".
    • 00:00:19E se precisarem de falar de forma mais geral e dizer 'a',
    • 00:00:22como 'um menino', 'um homem', 'uma mesa'?
    • 00:00:25É aí que entram os artigos indefinidos, que vamos cobrir agora.
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    uma masc. umaa fem. umassome fem. unssome masc.
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