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Portuguese/Contents/L2/Lesson Eleven - Whose Is This?

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Introduction

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One very important part of the Portuguese language is describing possession. This should be learned step-by-step. In portuguese, each person has four variants, the possessive pronous varies not only with the subject but also with the object.


First Person

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That is, when something is mine.

Subject: me

Object: male singular > meu; male plural > meus; female singular > minha; female plural > minhas.