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Nouns
All nouns in Portuguese have one of two genders: masculine
or feminine. Generally speaking, those ending in -o are mas-
culine:
o sapato
oo sapatoo
the shoe
Nouns ending in -or are masculine. To make the correspondr -
ing feminine, add -a:
o professor a professora
oo proofesohr a proofesohra
the (male) teacher the (female) teacher
Nouns ending in -a, -ade or -ão are usually feminine (although
there are exceptions):
HOW THE LANGUAGE WORKS
a cama a cidade a pensão
N
a kama a sidad a paynsowng
the bed the city the boarding house
A small number of nouns ending in -a and -e (usually profes-
Nouns
sions) can be either masculine or feminine:
o/a guia o/a intérprete
oo/a gee-a oo/a intehrprit
the tourist guide the interpreter
Plural Nouns
The plurals of nouns are formed according to the rules
below.
For nouns ending in a vowel, add -s:
a empregada as empregadas
a aympregada az aympregadash
the waitress the waitresses

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