In Brazilian Portuguese, like other languages, we use cardinal numbers to indicate quantity. Understanding these numbers is a crucial step in your language learning journey. Let's break down these numbers in a simple, straightforward manner.

Let's start with the easiest part, the numbers from 0 to 10:

Example: Eu tenho dois irmãos. (I have two brothers.)

Example: Ela tem treze anos. (She is thirteen years old.)

From twenty onwards, we simply use the ten's place followed by 'e' and the unit's place:

Example: Eu comprei trinta livros. (I bought thirty books.)

For numbers from 21 to 99, we use the tens number, followed by 'e', then the units number.

Example: Eu comprei trinta e dois livros. (I bought thirty-two books.)

Example: Há oitocentos alunos na escola. (There are eight hundred students in the school.)

For expressing thousands, we use 'mil' and for million 'milhão'.

Example: Eu tenho dois mil reais. (I have two thousand reais.)

Example: O Brasil tem mais de duzentos milhões de habitantes. (Brazil has more than two hundred million inhabitants.)

Cardinal Numbers

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