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Study Resource: Contractions with indefinite articles in Brazilian Portuguese

By: Ana Amélia Rodrigues dos Santos
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These activities are part of our Brazilian Portuguese Grammar series. The skills we are practicing here are covered in our article:

The table below illustrates the that can be formed between Brazilian Portuguese indefinite articles and the prepositions em(in), de(of/from), por(for, by), com(with), and para(to).

Masculine Singular
Feminine Singular
Masculine Plural
Feminine Plural
Preposition
um(a/an)
uma(a/an)
uns(some)
umas(some)
em(in)
num
numa
nuns
numas
de(of/from)
dum
duma
duns
dumas
por*(for/by)
prum
pruma
pruns
prumas
com*(with)
cum
cuma
cuns
cumas
para*(to)
prum
pruma
pruns
prumas
*In formal language, the prepositions por(for/by), com(with), and para(to) are not usually contracted with the indefinite articles. However, they commonly form contractions in everyday speech.

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