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O adulto tem um passaporte.

O adulto tem um passaporte.
The adult has a passport.
From Lesson 20:His, hers, and theirs (dele, dela)·Portuguese (Portugal)

Questions & Answers about O adulto tem um passaporte.

Why is the verb tem written without an accent mark?
Tem is the singular form (has) used for ele, ela, and você. If the sentence were plural (The adults have...), you would use têm with a circumflex accent on top to show the difference in writing.
Can the word adulto be feminine if the adult is a woman?
Yes! If you are talking specifically about a female adult, you can say a adulta. However, o adulto is often used as a general term for an adult regardless of their gender.
How would I apply this lesson's topic to say 'The adult has HIS passport'?
To specify that it is his passport, you would say O adulto tem o passaporte dele. Notice that dele (his / of him) comes directly after the noun it belongs to, and we swap um (a) for o (the).
Why does passaporte use the masculine word um even though it ends in an 'e'?
Nouns ending in '-e' in Portuguese can be either masculine or feminine. Because there is no strict rule to guess them, it is best to memorize the gender when you learn the word. Since passaporte is masculine, it takes the masculine article um.

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