Question 1

How is the future tense formed in estudará?

Accepted Answer

To form the future tense of regular verbs, you keep the entire infinitive (the dictionary form of the verb, which is estudar here) and add the future endings. For the third-person singular (he/she/it/you formal), the ending is -á. So, estudar + -á becomes estudará (will study).

Question 2

The word cientista ends in an "a". Why does it use the masculine article o?

Accepted Answer

Words ending in -ista that refer to professions or people (like cientista, artista, dentista) are usually "invariable", meaning their spelling doesn't change based on gender. Instead, the article tells you the person's gender. O cientista means a male scientist, while a cientista would mean a female scientist.

Question 3

Similarly, clima ends in "a" but uses the masculine article o. Is this an exception?

Accepted Answer

Yes! Many Portuguese words ending in -ma (especially those of Greek origin, like o clima, o problema, o sistema) are actually masculine, despite ending in an "a". This is a very common exception to remember.

Question 4

Where does the word naquele come from?

Accepted Answer

Naquele means "in that" (referring to something far away in both time or space). It is a mandatory contraction of the preposition em (in/on/at) and the masculine demonstrative word aquele (that). Because país is a masculine singular noun, we use aquele, which combines with em to make naquele.

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