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Practice os dedos do pé

Practice the phrase: os dedos do pé, toes. In European Portuguese, the article 'os' helps show that dedos do pé is masculine plural.

English
toes
Say together
os dedos do pé
Gender cue
'os' = masculine plural
Plural
os dedos do pé

Portuguese nouns have grammatical gender. The article is included here so children learn the sound of the word and its gender pattern together, instead of treating the article as an extra grammar detail later.

There are useful patterns, but gender is not perfectly predictable from spelling and there are edge cases. The dictionary links below are there for adults who want to check the full entry, grammar details, or pronunciation notes.

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