Prepositional Contractions (de)

Contrações Preposicionais (de)

Introduction

Introdução

Prepositional contractions are when certain prepositions combine with other words usually for the purposes of maintaining a flowing sound to the language.

In this lesson you will learn the contractions the word de (from, of) forms with the definite articles o, a, os and as (the); the indefinite articles um, uma, uns, umas (a); and the demonstratives este, esta (this), estes, estas (these), esse, essa (that), esses, and essas (those).

Vocabulary

Vocabulário

Play da
of the feminine singular
Play dos
of the masculine plural
Play das
of the feminine plural
Play dum
of a masculine

Phrases

Frases

Play Eu necessito dum remédio para dor de cabeça.
I need some medicine for headaches.

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