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Study Resource: Contractions with Brazilian Portuguese demonstratives

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 following table illustrates the different contractions that can be formed between Brazilian Portuguese demonstrative words and the prepositions de(from, of), em(in), and a(to).

demonstrative
de + demonstrative
em + demonstrative
a + demonstrative

este

this

este

deste

neste

—*

esta

desta

nesta

—*

estes

destes

nestes

—*

estas

destas

nestas

—*

esse

that

esse

desse

nesse

—*

essa

dessa

nessa

—*

esses

desses

nesses

—*

essas

dessas

nessas

—*

isto

this

isto

disto

nisto

—*

isso

this

isso

disso

nisso

—*

aquele

that (over there)

aquele

daquele

naquele

àquele **

aquela

daquela

naquela

àquela **

aqueles

daqueles

naqueles

àqueles **

aquelas

daquelas

naquelas

àquelas **

aquilo

that (over there)

aquilo

daquilo

naquilo

àquilo **

* The preposition a does not contract with these demonstrative pronouns.
** Notice: when the preposition a is contracted with the a of the demonstrative pronoun, an à is formed. This accent placed above the à is called a “crase”[kraze].

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