Introduction
Introdução
Definite articles are words that specify a particular and identifiable noun. In English we use the word “the” for this purpose. In Portuguese, there are four words that can translate as “the”, each based on the gender and number of the noun it modifies:
Phrases
Frases
o menino
the boy
os meninos
the boys
a menina
the girl
as meninas
the girls
o homem
the man
os homens
the men
a mulher
the woman
as mulheres
the women