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Examples.
Elle viveo[321] noventa annos[322]. Ella tem vinto e cinco annos de idade[323]. O exercito[324] he composto[325] de noventa mil e seiscentos homens. Dous mil cincocentos e trinta e quatro homens forão mortos[326] neste encontro[327]. Cem homens ficarão[328] prisioneiros[329]. Ha nesta povoação[330] mil e setecentas almas[331]. Ha mil quinhentas casas na nossa freguezia[332]. A sua carta[333] he datada[334] de vinte e dous de Abril de mil oitocentos e cincoenta e sete. Nosso tio ha de chegar[335] a treze do mez que vem. O comprimento[336] desta rua tem o dobro do da outra. Eu fiz duas vezes a volta[337] da villa a cavallo. Um terremoto[338] destruio[339] a metade da cidade. Este theatro foi queimado[340] tres vezes. Se cultivar a sua herdade[341], ella se elevará[342] em valor ao centuplo.
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Exercises.
The company[343] consists of one hundred men and the regiment[344] has six thousand men. There were collected[345] two hundred men and nearly[346] seventy women. He was the first who arrived[347]. The second was thy brother. The third man I have not seen. The French army consists of 600,000 men. Within[348] eight days. He had one sister and two cousins[349] with him. This house would be worth a hundred times more. Once I have told him, but twice he has forgotten it. The first time that I had the knife ground[350]. A thousand men were killed in this battle[351]. The first day of the year[352]. To-day is the first, the second, the third, the fourth of the month[353]. Twenty eggs[354]. He arrived on the fifth of July. The nineteenth century[355]. The year has 365 days. He has three sons[356] and five daughters[357].
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Pronouns.
1. Personal Pronouns.
| Singular. | ||||||||
| 1ˢᵗ Person. | 2ⁿͩ Person. | 3ʳͩ Person. | ||||||
| Masc. | Fem. | |||||||
| N. | eu, | I | tu, | thou | elle, | he | ella, | she |
| G. | de mim, | of me | de ti, | of thee | d’elle, | of him | d’ella, | of her |
| D. | a mim, | to me | a ti, | to thee | a elle, lhe, | to him | a ella, | to her |
| Acc. | me, | me | te, a ti, | thee | elle, | him | ella, a ella, | her |
| Abl. | de mim | from | de ti | from | d’elle | from | d’ella, | from |
| por mim | me | por ti | thee | por elle | him | por ella, | her. | |
| Plural. | ||||||||
| N. | nós, | we | vós, | you | elles, | they | ellas, | they |
| G. | de nos, | of us | de vos, | of you | d’elles, | of them | d’ellas, | of them |
| D. | a nos, | to us | a vós, | to you | a elles, lhes, | to them | a ellas, | to them |
| Acc. | nos, a nos, | us | a vos, vos, | you | elles, a elles, | them | ellas, | them |
| Abl. | de nos | from | de vós, | from you | d’elles | from them | d’ellas, | from |
| por nos | us | them | ||||||
Obs. If the Pronouns mim, ti, si, nós, vós, are accompanied by the Preposition com, they are contracted thus:
| com mim | into | commigo, | with me |
| com ti | — | comtigo, | with thee |
| com si | — | comsigo, | with him |
| com nós | — | comnosco, | with us |
| com vós | — | comvosco, | with you. |
Me is generally translated by me, as: