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este restaurante esse camareiro
akehla prīr -a
aysht rishtowrant
that waiter
that beach
this restaurant ays kamarayroo aquela praia
(in the distance)
The demonstrative pronouns ‘this one’, ‘that one’, ‘those’,
‘these’ etc are the same as demonstrative adjectives in
Portuguese:
queria estes/esses/aqueles
kiree-a ayshtish/aysish/akaylish
I’d like these/those/those (over there)
However, a neuter form also exists which is used when no
specific noun is being referred to:
isto isso aquilo
eeshtoo eesoo akeeloo
this that that (over there)
HOW THE LANGUAGE WORKS
isso não é justo o que é isto?
N
eeso nowng eh Joostoo oo ki eh eeshtoo
that’s not fair what is this?
Verbs
The basic form of the verb given in the English-Portuguese
and Portuguese-English sections is the infinitive (e.g. to
drive, to go etc). There are three verb types in Portuguese
Demonstratives
which can be recognized by their infinitive endings: -ar, -er,
/
-ir. For example:
amar [amar] to love
Verbs
comer [koomayr] to eat
partir [parteer] to leave
Present Tense
The present tense corresponds to ‘I leave’ in English. To
form the present tense for the three main types of verb in
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