Topic: Portuguese

"The rice is mine."

Translation:O arroz é meu.

July 22, 2013

5 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/profile/MelinMumbai

    minha is mine or just my???

    July 22, 2013
    https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Paulenrique
    Mod

      Minha is my and mine. In Portuguese we have feminine and masculine words. Minha is my/mine for feminine words and meu for masculine ones.

      July 22, 2013
      https://www.duolingo.com/profile/MelinMumbai

        Ahhh that makes at lot more sense. So meu for masculine and minha for feminine?? Thank you!

        July 22, 2013
        https://www.duolingo.com/profile/BrandVanSi

          when do we use o and when do we use a? e.g o arroz instead of a arroz?

          June 24, 2017
          https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Meagin6

            We use o for masculine words and a for feminine words

            Arroz is a masculine word so we use o instead of a

            March 10, 2018
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