Summary p236

Summary p236



236 CONYERSATIONAL PORTUGUESE

De and em combine with the demonstrative forms (see GS25):

daąuela    ofthatone

naąuele    in that one

3. The preposition a combines with the initial a of demonstratives aąuele,1 etc. and with the definite article a:

dąuela    to that one

a baia    to the bay

10. DAYS OF THE WEEK

1. The days of the week are not capitalized. Satur-day and Sunday are masculine; the other days are feminine. The article is generally used except after ser:

segunda-feira or segunda

Monday

teręafeira or teręa1

Tuesday

ąuarta-feira or ąuarta

Wednesday

ąuinta-feira or ąuinta

Thursday

sexta-feira or sexta

Friday

sdbado

, Saturday

domingo

Sunday

Vou ve-lo na segunda.

1 am going to see him

Monday.

Hoje e teręa.

Today is Tuesday.

2. “On Monday,” “on Mondays,” etc.:

na segunda-feira

on Monday

nas segundas-feiras

on Mondays

1 aąuele (P).

11. THE NAMES OF THE MONTHS

The names of the months are masculine and usually are not capitalized in Brazil (but they are in Portugal: Janeiro, etc.). They are usually used without the definite article:

Janeiro

January

fevereiro

February

maręo

March

abril

April

maio

May

junho

June

julho

July

agósto (Agosio ®)

August

setembro

September

outubro

October

novembro

November

dezembro

December

12. THE NAMES OF THE SEASONS

a primavera    spring

o verdo    summer

o outono    autumn

o irnerno    winter

The names of the seasons are usually not capitalized in Brazil (but they are in Portugal). They are usually used with the definite article:

Ninguem vai id no    Nobody goes there in

invemo. (Imerno ®) (the) winter. 1

1

łeręa-feira, teręa


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