Introduction
Introdução
There are two ways of asking questions in Portuguese. The first is by simply adding a rising intonation or question mark to the end of a statement. Making questions this way requires no change in word order as with some other languages:
Você baila.
You dance.
Você baila?
Do you dance?
The second way is by using interrogative words. These are the English equivalents of who, what, when, where, which, why, how and how many.
The main difference in how Portuguese uses these words is that it has two forms of “which” (qual and quais) to ask about singular and plural objects, and four form of “how many” (quanto, quanta, quantos and quantas) which change for singular and plural objects and based on gender.
Você baila.
You dance.
Você baila?
Do you dance?
The second way is by using interrogative words. These are the English equivalents of who, what, when, where, which, why, how and how many.
The main difference in how Portuguese uses these words is that it has two forms of “which” (qual and quais) to ask about singular and plural objects, and four form of “how many” (quanto, quanta, quantos and quantas) which change for singular and plural objects and based on gender.
Vocabulary
Vocabulário
quem
whom
who
que
that
which
what
onde
where
quando
when
por que
why
qual
which
singular
quais
which
plural
quanto
how many
masculine singular
how much
quanta
how many
feminine singular
how much
quantos
how many
masculine plural
how much
quantas
how many
feminine plural
how much
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