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Study Resource: Contractions with Brazilian Portuguese demonstratives

By: Ana Amélia Rodrigues dos Santos

The following table illustrates the different contractions that can be formed between Brazilian Portuguese demonstrative words and the prepositions de meaning from, of, em meaning in, and a meaning to.

demonstrativede + demonstrativeem + demonstrativea + demonstrative
este
Translation: this
este
deste
neste
—*
esta
desta
nesta
—*
estes
destes
nestes
—*
estas
destas
nestas
—*
esse
Translation: that
esse
desse
nesse
—*
essa
dessa
nessa
—*
esses
desses
nesses
—*
essas
dessas
nessas
—*
isto
Translation: this
isto
disto
nisto
—*
isso
Translation: this
isso
disso
nisso
—*
aquele
Translation: that (over there)
aquele
daquele
naquele
àquele **
aquela
daquela
naquela
àquela **
aqueles
daqueles
naqueles
àqueles **
aquelas
daquelas
naquelas
àquelas **
aquilo
Translation: that (over there)
aquilo
daquilo
naquilo
àquilo **