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If the group of students has both men and women, do we still use eles?
Yes! In Portuguese, the masculine plural eles is used for a group of all males or a mixed group of males and females. You only use the feminine plural elas if the group is entirely female. Which pronouns use the verb form são?
The verb são means "are" and is used for plural pronouns. You will use it with eles (they, masculine), elas (they, feminine), and vocês (you, plural). Why is the word for "the" written as os in this sentence?
Because alunos is a masculine plural noun. In Portuguese, the word for "the" must match the noun it goes with. The singular masculine "the" is o, and adding an "s" gives us the plural os. Why is the word for "tall" placed at the end and spelled as altos?
In Portuguese, descriptive words usually come right after the noun they describe, so altos follows alunos. It also ends in an "s" because it must match the plural noun it describes. Learn Eles são os alunos altos and more in Portuguese
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