Word
Eu não sou português.
Meaning
I am not Portuguese.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Questions & Answers about Eu não sou português.
Why does não come before the verb?
Can I drop the eu and just say não sou português?
If a woman is saying this sentence, does anything change?
Yes, she would say Eu não sou portuguesa. Words for nationalities change to match the gender of the person they describe. To make português feminine, you add an 'a' at the end and remove the accent mark over the 'e'.
Why isn't the word português capitalized?
Unlike in English, words for nationalities and languages are written with lowercase letters in Portuguese unless they appear at the very beginning of a sentence.