Study Resource: Contractions with indefinite articles in Brazilian Portuguese
By: Ana Amélia Rodrigues dos Santos
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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 |
