A1 Grammar
Complete list of A1 Grammar points with meaning, formation, examples and audio. Tap any point for a full explanation.
- Gênero e artigos: o / a Every noun is masculine or feminine; the article o/a agrees with it
- Contrações obrigatórias: do, da, no, na, pelo, pela, ao, à Preposition + article always merge into one word — never write "de o" or "em a"
- Tratamento: você, o senhor / a senhora In Brazil você is the neutral "you"; o senhor / a senhora is the polite form
- Existência: tem (falado) e há (escrito) "There is / there are" is tem in speech and há in writing — both never take plural
- Plural: -s, -ões/-ães/-ãos, -is Most plurals just add -s, but words in -ão and -l change shape
- Ser e estar ser for what something IS, estar for how it IS RIGHT NOW
- Sujeito «a gente» = nós In everyday Brazilian speech 'a gente' means 'we/us' but takes a third-person singular verb.
- Possessivos: meu, minha, seu, dele/dela, nosso Possessives (my, your, his/her, our) agree with the thing owned; Brazilians often use dele/dela after the noun for clarity
- Interrogativos: o que, qual, quem, quando, onde, como, quanto, por que Question words (what, which, who, when, where, how, how much, why) placed up front, with normal SVO order
- Que horas são? Horas e datas Asking and telling the time and the date in Brazilian Portuguese
- Presente do indicativo: verbos regulares (-AR, -ER, -IR) Regular present tense: the three verb groups (-ar/-er/-ir)
- Numerais: cardinais e ordinais Cardinal and ordinal numbers in Brazilian Portuguese, with gender agreement