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236 CONYERSATIONAL PORTUGUESE

De and em combine with the demonstrative forms (see GS25):

daąuela    ofthatone

naąuele    in that one

3. The preposition a combines with the initial a of demonstratives aąuele,¹ etc. and with the definite article a:

dąuela    to that one

a baia    to the bay

10. DAYS OF THE WEEK

1. The days of the week are not capitalized. Satur-day and Sunday are masculine; the other days are feminine. The article is generally used except after ser:

segunda-feira or segunda	Monday
teręafeira or teręa^1	Tuesday
ąuarta-feira or ąuarta	Wednesday
ąuinta-feira or ąuinta	Thursday
sexta-feira or sexta	Friday
sdbado	, Saturday
domingo	Sunday
Vou ve-lo na segunda.	1 am going to see him
	Monday.
Hoje e teręa.	Today is Tuesday.
2. “On Monday,” “on Mondays,” etc.:
na segunda-feira	on Monday
nas segundas-feiras	on Mondays
^1 aąuele (P).

11. THE NAMES OF THE MONTHS

The names of the months are masculine and usually are not capitalized in Brazil (but they are in Portugal: Janeiro, etc.). They are usually used without the definite article:

Janeiro	January
fevereiro	February
maręo	March
abril	April
maio	May
junho	June
julho	July
agósto (Agosio ®)	August
setembro	September
outubro	October
novembro	November
dezembro	December

12. THE NAMES OF THE SEASONS

a primavera    spring

o verdo    summer

o outono    autumn

o irnerno    winter

The names of the seasons are usually not capitalized in Brazil (but they are in Portugal). They are usually used with the definite article:

Ninguem vai id no    Nobody goes there in

invemo. (Imerno ®) (the) winter. ¹

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łeręa-feira, teręa