Word
Os alemães falam inglês?
Meaning
Do the Germans speak English?
Part of speech
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Pronunciation
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Questions & Answers about Os alemães falam inglês?
How do we get the word alemães from the singular word for German?
Why aren't alemães and inglês capitalized in this sentence?
Unlike in English, words for nationalities (like alemães) and languages (like inglês) are written with lowercase letters in Portuguese.
Why does the verb falam end in an m?
English says Do Germans speak..., but this sentence uses Os. Do I need it?
Yes. In Portuguese, when you talk about a whole group of people in a general sense, you usually need the definite article (in this case, os for masculine plural). So, Germans translates to os alemães (literally, the Germans).