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Articles and gender: o, a, os, as, um, uma

O livro (the book, masculine), a casa (the house, feminine). Plural: os, as. "A / an": um, uma.

Nouns ending in -o are usually masculine and in -a usually feminine, with exceptions like o dia and a mão.

Portuguese often uses the article before names and possessives: o meu carro, a Ana.

Adjectives match the noun: o carro novo, a casa nova.

Pattern: o / a / os / as + noun

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