Déterminants ✏️

Question 1

Devant quoi devons-nous utiliser un déterminant définit? (3)

Answer 1

1. First names (O Filipe, A Maria, etc.)
2. Most countries (o Brasil, a Itália, etc.)
3. Some cities (o Porto, o Rio de Janeiro, etc.)

Question 2

Which countries have a déterminant as optional? (4)

Answer 2

1. (a) França 🇫🇷
2. (a) Inglaterra 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
3. (a) Itália 🇮🇹
4. (a) Espanha 🇪🇸

Question 3

What countries do not use a déterminant at all? (6)

Answer 3

Most countries that have Portuguese as their official language:

1. Portugal 🇵🇹
2. São Tomé e Príncipe 🇸🇹
3. Cabo Verde 🇨🇻
4. Angola 🇦🇴
5. Moçambique 🇲🇿
6. Goa 🇮🇳

Question 4

What are the exceptions to the “no déterminants” countries? (2)

Answer 4

1. O Brasil 🇧🇷
2. A Guiné-Bissau 🇬🇼

Question 5

No need to memorize this, but can you name other countries that do not take a déterminant but are not part of “the rule”? (12+)

Answer 5

Non-exhaustive list.
1. Israel 🇮🇱
2. Singapura 🇸🇬
3. Marrocos 🇲🇦
4. Cuba 🇨🇺
5. Honduras 🇭🇳
6. Madagascar 🇲🇬
7. Andorra 🇦🇩
8. Salvador 🇸🇻
9. Luxemburgo 🇱🇺
10. Macau 🇲🇴 (~🇨🇳)
11. Porto Rico 🇵🇷
12. Timor-Leste 🇹🇱 (Sudeste Asiático)

Question 6

Which cities don’t use a déterminant?

Answer 6

TRICK QUESTION: All of them, except for o Porto e o Rio de Janeiro!

Question 7

Translate:

Il y a des maisons près d’ici. 🏡

Answer 7

Há casas preto daqui. 🏡

❗️En portugais, pour dire des, on ne met pas de déterminants; uns et umas prennent une autre signification.

Question 8

Comment utilise-t-on les déterminants uns et umas?

Answer 8

Pour dire «quelques», “some”, “a few”

Question 9

Contractions:

em + os = ?

Answer 9

em + os = nos

Question 10

Contractions:

em + as = ?

Answer 10

em + as = nas

Question 11

Contractions:

em + um = ?

Answer 11

em + um = num

Question 12

Contractions:

em + uma = ?

Answer 12

em + uma = numa