When to Use the Preposition De in Portuguese Without Getting Confused

When to Use the Preposition De in Portuguese without getting confused // The use of the preposition "de" in Portuguese causes a lot of doubts and questions among my students.
First of all, you can use it with A LOT of words to transform it into - do, da, dum, dumas, daquele, doutro, etc, etc... the list goes on.
Then, it has many different meanings and some verbs ask for it and I am here today to tell you all about it :)
If you've been struggling with this Portuguese preposition, this video is for you!
Ah, and don't forget to answer the question I ask in the video - leave your answer in the comments section below :)
You can also check my blog post about this topic:
learn-portuguese.org/learn-po...
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As diferenças entre verbos como: andar vs. caminhar, etc. (I know there are others, I just can't think of them right now!) beijihnos!

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Gente, vocês que são novos no aprendizado de português, esse canal pode te ensinar o básico para começar a conhecer como se forma a língua portuguesa. Tenho estado a acompanhar alguns portugueses europeus, tendo começado a aprender a língua há cerca de um ano e a viver em Lisboa, e posso assegurar-vos que irão beneficiar mais com este canal para aprender mais rápido. Este professor está no caminho certo. Obrigado, Mia.

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Oh muito obrigada Joemike! 😊❤️

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Obrigada pelo feedback! Muito bem 👏 falas todas essas línguas também ? 😊

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Beautifully explained 😍

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Obrigada ☺️

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[@MiaEsmerizAcademy]

Ohhh you are welcome :) Muito obrigada! Beijinhos

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Muito obrigado Mia. Great topic, de is much clearer now for me! :-)

[@MiaEsmerizAcademy]

I am glad it was useful :) Beijinhos and thank you for letting me know :)

[@mtstav]

Bela explicação! Muito obrigado, Mia! Você é uma ótima professora!

[@MiaEsmerizAcademy]

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Very nice
Thanks a lot 😍

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Obrigadaa :)

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Muito obrigada. I will be moving to Portugal soon.

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Obrigada eu :) All the best with your move to Portugal

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Obrigada Mia, muitas boa a professora!

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Obrigada 😊

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Thank you Mia, your lesson are realy helpful for learning european portuguse.

[@MiaEsmerizAcademy]

Happy to hear that! :) Thank you!

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This video was super helpful more things I needed to know. Obrigada 🙏🏽…………🤗🇨🇦

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I’m glad 😊

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Eu gosta de ti! Muito obrigada :)

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*gosto :) Obrigada :)

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Very good examples.

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De nada :) Ainda bem que ajudou! :)

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@@MiaEsmerizAcademy Não podiamos fazer isso sem vocé!

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hehe :) You are welcome! I knew you would be surprised. You are welcome! Beijinhos!

[@acharyarabi]

very nicely explained

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Thank you so much. This has been so confusing to me. Alex

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I am happy you liked it :)

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De nada ;)

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De nada 😉

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Eu sou da cidade do México....estou perceber 👆. Obrigada e beijinhos 😊

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Boa!! :) de nada! Beijinhos!

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Thank you

[@user-uj3eo8pd8j]

Olá! Profa.
Estou na duvida sobre como perceber o país que não acompanha com artigo e também alguns substantivos que acompanham com artigo
Profa. podia me ajudar a explicar 🙏🙏

[@catwoman3247]

Eu sou da cidade de Polônia, muito obrigada 😀

[@MiaEsmerizAcademy]

Olá :) Cidade means city hehe, so here you would only say "Sou da Polónia" :)) Thank you for your answer :)

[@catwoman3247]

@@MiaEsmerizAcademy Thank you, I am very beginner in Portuguese 😀 Muito obrigada

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@@catwoman3247 it’s great that you still try. That’s exactly how it should be 🥰 thank you for your participation 😊

[@sandrap5325]

Hi
I've just started watching your channel but I'm loving it so far so thanks.
We have a house in Madeira and there are two confusing things. First I think the rule for de is different because Madeira is an island but I've forgotten what it is! Also our road is called Rua DO Janeiro and I don't understand why it isn't Rua DE Janiero like the city.

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Thank you so much for your support :)

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Thanks for this video! In some of your examples, you used 'ti' instead of 'tu'. Can both these words be used interchangeably to say 'you'?

[@MiaEsmerizAcademy]

Olá! Thank you for your support! No, "tu" and "ti" both mean you in different cases, but "ti" is only used after certain prepositions, like after "para" - para ti (you can never say "para tu"). I hope this helps! :)
PS - I speak about all of this in detail in my courses. If you want to check them out, please go here: school.learn-portuguese.org/courses

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Hi teacher Mia, how to know if feminine or masculine the things? Obrigada.❤

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Querida professora, a colocação dos pronomes àtonos junto do verbo pode ser um verdadeiro pesadelo para nos estrangeiros. Então, vou-te mandar, ou vou mandar-te é sempre uma quastão "to be, or not to be" para nos, os pobres estudantes de português. Obrigado antecipadamente pela sua explicação.

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Eu sei! Acho que vou ter que fazer um vídeo sobre isto! É um tema que demora algum tempo a explicar...

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Eu gosto da tua aula

[@zempadelic]

Sou da cidade do Mexico!? Tens uma lista de verbos que precisam da preposição "de"? Esses são os que eu luto!!

[@MiaEsmerizAcademy]

Olá 👋 na verdade tenho um artigo de verbos com preposições : learn-portuguese.org/portuguese-verbs-with-prepositions-2
They include verbs that ask for the “de” 😊🤗

[@rebelmama37]

ALSO, I live in the north (2 hours NE of you!) and I now notice the difference in accents from the south. I hear you pronouncing "the "d" in "depois" and de" as more of a "th" sound. Is this more common in the north? Many people around where I live say "b" instead of "v" : )

[@skurinski]

its the standard as an allophone for D, mostly between vowels. Same happens with "g" and "b", they become softer.

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Eu sou da Cidade dos Chilangos (Mexico) 😊

[@gabrielstoilov6213]

Thank you very much for this lesson. You helped me a lot ❤️
I have one question. Could you help me ? Is that correct ?
"Eu gosto da Maria."

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Eu gosto de video

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Obrigada pelo feedback :)

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Beijinhos

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Eu tenho o mestre em linguistica portuguesa e gostaria de falar com voce algum dia...

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eu gosto do teu video, is this correct?

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Siiiim :)

[@Horhne]

I was wondering if you could clarify if 'Algarve' should have the article. I have heard it said that strictly speaking it shouldn't but I more commonly hear 'do Algarve' and 'no Algarve'. I am assuming the article is retained as the word was originally derived from the arabic for 'The West' and so tentatively follows the same rule as 'O Porto' and 'A Guarda'. However, purists may argue that 'algarve' is not a word used in the Portuguese language and only exists as a name and therefore the article is not required.

[@MiaEsmerizAcademy]

Olá Michael :) In my opinion Algarve does have an article. And I have to be honest, I didn't even know that there was a discussion about that. Algarve, however, is a bit different, as it is not a city nor a country, it is a region and regions form Portugal almost all have an article before - o Douro, o Alentejo, a Beira Alta...etc - so I guess different rules apply here. ;) Interesting, though, that you've heard that Algarve should not have an article. I wonder who said that? I could be totally wrong (which I don't think so), but I do believe firmly that Algarve does have an article :)

[@Horhne]

@@MiaEsmerizAcademy Muito obrigado pela sua resposta. It is very possible that I misunderstood and overthought the possibilities. Your explanation sounds much more reasonable and as I said, I have only heard it with the article. I had a sneaky suspicion it was a bit of an urban myth. That's great... I can put that one to bed now!

[@MiaEsmerizAcademy]

@@Horhne :) I am glad I could put your mind at ease regarding this topic! Now on to the next ones hehe. Beijinhos :)

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Eu sou da Cidade do México

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Muito bem 👏

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Eu sou da cidade do México.

[@MiaEsmerizAcademy]

Boa! Muito bem :)

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Irelande (f) ou (m)??

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Irlanda é feminino :)

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Eu sou do mèxico❤

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Eu sou da Cidade Mexico

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Muito bem! Cidade do México ☺️

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@@MiaEsmerizAcademy lolol I got it wrong :(

[@TheTamashek]

Please clarify, the pronunciation of da ...is it a regional accent? You say da like English ( the )

[@MiaEsmerizAcademy]

Olá! No, this is how we say it. The vowels in Portuguese from Portugal tend to be more closed. 😊

[@NN-qv7if]

I really like how you say da - it sounds like tha/the (voiced). It is very noticeable, the pronunciation 😀

[@manfredneilmann4305]

I think that the Portuguese pronunciation of the letter "d" between vowels is very similar to the way they are pronounced in Spanish.

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Eu sou da Habana (La Habana)

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Eu sou da cidade do México, mas realmente, sou dos estados unidos 😊

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Muito bem :) Está certo!! Só não te esqueças de escrever Estados Unidos com letra maiúscula :) Beijinhos :)

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Eu sou da cidade do México ✔️

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Muito bem! 😊

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Da

[@nualamolumby556]

Eu sou da mexico

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Sim, quase :) Sou da Cidade do México ;) Muito bem! Beijinhos :)

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Sou *do México

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Eu sou do Nepal 🇳🇵🇳🇵🇳🇵🇳🇵

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Without the commercials from google actually a like but

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Eu sou da Cidade do Mexico.

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Eu sou da cidade do mexico

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Muito bem :)

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Eu sou da Perú

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Eu sou da Rússia😀

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Ah! Boa, muito bem :)

[@user-marzianur]

What is the meaning Of 'Do'!!when i use them?

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Eu não sou da Cidade de Mexico, sou do Suécia 🇸🇪!

[@fernando_rod]

do México *
da Suécia *

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Da cidade do México

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Da cidade de mexico

[@crassdiaz6030]

Eu sou Da Indiana

[@MiaEsmerizAcademy]

Olá :) Eu sou do Indiana :) I don't know why it's feminine...it's an exception. I am sorry for this :) Ai, ai...Portuguese.. Beijinhos, Mia.

[@cristianocamacho3530]

@@MiaEsmerizAcademy Olá, penso que na preposição "do" estará implícito "o estado" onde a pessoa vive e que, por isso, diz-se "Eu sou do (estado) Indiana.

[@christianalmiron6935]

Eu sou da argentina? Ta bom asim?

[@manfredneilmann4305]

*Argentina

[@spykespykerman7497]

Mia u pronounced de ele (dele) as "de ela" ~ A bit confused. How would the pronunciation be for a girl?

[@adamclark1972uk]

There are videos where the teacher speaks more English than Portuguese, and there are videos where the teacher speaks more Portuguese than English, even at the most basic level.

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Eu sou do Pakistan

[@MiaEsmerizAcademy]

Bem-vindo :)

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*Pakistão

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I like you.eu gosto de ti.hehe

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Hehe 😉

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Esmeriz?

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Why CANADÁ é masculino??

[@fernando_rod]

There's not a reason, it simply is.

[@user-qi9bl4ey4y]

O Japã(o) é masculino.
O Canad(a) purque masculino??? Não é Femenina? CANAD(a)

[@damodarkafle662]

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esquimo=
trico=
bolota=
obra=
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Ola mia como esta pode explicar o que significa esta frase

[@sanjeevkumarladhar6347]

Hello mam how to decide city name or country name muscline or feminine