Tutorial
Diminutives and Augmentatives
Learn how to use Brazilian Portuguese diminutives and augmentatives to express affection, politeness, emphasis, and enthusiasm in everyday speech.
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Tutorial
Diminutives and Augmentatives
Learn how to use Brazilian Portuguese diminutives and augmentatives to express affection, politeness, emphasis, and enthusiasm in everyday speech.
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44 CardsLesson#1
In Brazilian Portuguese, changing the endings of words does much more than describe physical size. Special endings like I N H O and à O allow you to sound warm, soften requests, or show great enthusiasm. In this deck, you will learn how to form and use these spoken diminutives and augmentatives naturally.
Lesson#2
To make regular diminutives for words ending in an unstressed vowel, drop that vowel and add I N H O for masculine words or I N H A for feminine words. For example, carro becomes carrinho, meaning a little car, and casa becomes casinha, meaning a little house.
Quiz#3
How do you say 'the little car' in Portuguese?
o carrinho
Quiz#4
How do you say 'the little house' in Portuguese?
a casinha
Lesson#5
This regular vowel replacement applies to many everyday objects and foods. For example, mesa becomes mesinha for a little table, and peixe becomes peixinho for a little fish.
Quiz#6
How do you say 'the little table' in Portuguese?
a mesinha
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