If you're trying to learn Brazilian Feminine you will find some useful resources including a course about genders: Feminine and Masculine... to help you with your Brazilian grammar. Try to concentrate on the lesson and notice the pattern that occurs each time the word changes its place. Also don't forget to check the rest of our other lessons listed on Learn Brazilian. Enjoy the rest of the lesson!
Learning the Brazilian Feminine displayed below is vital to the language. Brazilian feminine refers to female qualities attributed specifically to women and girls or things considered feminine. The complement to feminine is masculine. Here are some examples:
| English Feminine | Brazilian Feminine |
|---|---|
| Feminine | Feminino |
| he is happy | ele está feliz |
| she is happy | ela está feliz |
| he is American | ele é americano |
| she is American | ela é americana |
| man | homem |
| woman | mulher |
| father | pai |
| mother | mãe |
| brother | irmão |
| sister | irmã |
| uncle | tio |
| aunt | tia |
| bull | touro |
| cow | vaca |
| boy | menino |
| girl | menina |
Notice the structure of the Feminine in Brazilian.
Below is a list of objects, can you determine whether they're feminine, masculine or plural in Brazilian? Memorizing this table will also help you add very useful and important words to your Brazilian vocabulary.
| English Vocabulary | Brazilian Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| objects | objetos |
| bathroom | banheiro |
| bed | cama |
| bedroom | quarto |
| ceiling | teto |
| chair | cadeira |
| clothes | roupas |
| coat | casaco |
| cup | xícara |
| desk | escrivaninha |
| dress | vestido |
| floor | andar |
| fork | garfo |
| furniture | móveis |
| glass | vidro |
| hat | chapéu |
| house | casa |
| ink | tinta |
| jacket | jaqueta |
| kitchen | cozinha |
| knife | faca |
| lamp | lâmpada |
| letter | carta |
| map | mapa |
| newspaper | jornal |
| notebook | caderno |
| pants | calças |
| paper | papel |
| pen | caneta |
| pencil | lápis |
| pharmacy | farmácia |
| picture | fotografia, quadro |
| plate | chapa |
| refrigerator | geladeira |
| restaurant | restaurante |
| roof | telhado |
| room | quarto |
| rug | tapete |
| scissors | tesoura |
| shampoo | xampu |
| shirt | camisa |
| shoes | sapatos |
| soap | sabão, sabonete |
| socks | meias |
| spoon | colher |
| table | mesa |
| toilet | toalete |
| toothbrush | escova de dentes |
| toothpaste | creme dental |
| towel | toalha |
| umbrella | guarda-chuva |
| underwear | roupa íntima |
| wall | parede |
| wallet | carteira |
| window | janela |
| telephone | telefone |
Feminine and Masculine have a very important role in Brazilian. Once you're done with the Portuguese Feminine, you might want to check the rest of our Brazilian lessons here: Learn Brazilian. Don't forget to bookmark this page.
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