Numbers 1–10
Numbers 1–10
The first ten Portuguese numbers are the building blocks for every larger number you'll ever say — and two of them come with a small twist English doesn't have.
Grammar Comparison
Grammar Comparison
um/uma and dois/duas agree with gender
um livro (one book, masc.), uma casa (one house, fem.) — dois livros (two books), duas casas (two houses)
one book, one house — two books, two houses
English "one" and "two" never change form. Portuguese "one" and "two" are the only numbers that agree with the gender of the noun they count: um/uma work exactly like the indefinite article "a/an" (you'll cover this fully in the articles lesson), and dois becomes duas in front of a feminine noun. From três (three) onward, every number is invariant again — this gendered behavior is limited to just the first two numbers.
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
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- one
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- two
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- three
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- four
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- five
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- six
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- seven
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- eight
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- nine
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- ten
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- zero