Notes

Numbers

numeros (noo-mer-oosh)- numbers
meses (me-zhus)- months
mes (mej)- month
dias da semana (dee-ush duh suh-mah-nuh)- days of the week
- da is a contraction of ‘de’ (of) and the feminine indefinite article ‘a’
‘e’ by itself pronounced as “ee”
0- zero (zair-oo; almost bury the ‘oo’)
1 or a/an - um (nasalization)/uma
2- dois (doy-she)/duas (doo-ash)
3- tres (t-dey-sh)
- Same e as in ‘ele’
4- quatro (kwa-troo)
- quarto- bedroom (four walls)
- quarto- 4th (as in 1/4th or 4th place)
5- cinco (sink-oo)
6- seis (sie-sh)
7- sete (set)
8- oito (oy-too)
9- nove (nov-uh)
10- dez (desh)
- z is ‘sh’ when last in word
11- onze (ownz)
12- doze (doze)
13- treze (trez)
14- quatorze/catorze (kuh-tors-uh)
15- quinze (kee-zuh)
16- dezasseis (duz-uh-siesh)
17- dezassete (duz-uh-set)
18- dezoito (duz-oito)
19- dezanove (duz-uh-nov)
20- vinte (veent)
21- vinte e um (veent ee u)
22- vinte e dois (veent ee )
30- trinte (treen-tuh)
Os quatro contos do mundo (oosh kwa-troo kant-oosh doo moon-doo)