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Hi, people again. This time I`ll talk a bit about male / female words.Most of them are formed by an O at the end of the word for MALES and an A at the end of the words for FEMALE.
I know that causes some mistakes sometimes because in many languages (like English) such words have no gender. But it is easy...Let`s take a look at them:

First remember, the articles for them are:
THE = O (male singular), A (female singular), OS (male plural), AS (female plural).

A/ AN/ SOME/ ANY = um (="a" singular male), uma (= "a "singular female),
uns ( ="some/ any" plural male), umas (= "some/ any" plural female).

There is only one form for some/ any in portuguese, so you can use UM, UMA, UNS and UMAS in affirmative, interrogative or negative sentences, ok?

MALE (MASCULINO) FEMALE (FEMININO)

amigo amiga = friend
bonito bonita = handsome/beautiful
casado casada = married
príncipe princesa = prince/ princess
conde condessa = count/ countess
feio feia = ugly
empregado empregada = employee
("empregada" can also be = "maid ")
garoto garota = boy / girl
querido querida = dear, darling (in both senses)
gostoso gostosa = delicious, good (generally used for food)
mentiroso mentirosa = liar
americano americana = American
brasileiro brasileira = Brazilian
escondido escondida = hidden
simpático simpática = a nice person
bom boa = good
obrigado obrigada = thanks
papai mamãe = dad / mom
pai mãe = father/ mother
irmão irmã = brother / sister
tio tia = uncle/ aunt
esquecido esquecida = forgotten
leão leoa = lion / lioness
gato gata = cat
advogado advogada = lawyer
assassino assassina = murderer
professor professora = teacher
supervisor supervisora = supervisor
diretor diretora = director , principal



Well as you can see most of them make the female ends in A and the male in O. Just some words like "príncipe / princesa" male ends in E.
Others, have only one gender like...o segredo = the secret

o livro = the book
o tempo = the weather
a temperatura = the temperature
a criança = the child
a vítima = the victim
a alegria = happiness
a vitória = (the) victory
a tristeza = sadness
a beleza = beauty
a sacola. a bolsa = the bag
o supermercado = the supermarket



Some of them have diferent male/ female :

homem mulher = man / woman
rei rainha = king / queen
boi vaca = ox / cow
réu ré = the acccused (in law)
ladrão ladra = thief


Others, you know its gender by putting the male/ female article in front:

o chefe - a chefe = the boss ( o = male / a = female)
o aniversariante - a aniversariante = the one whose birthday is today (m/f)
o gerente - a gerente = the manager (m/f)



HOPE IT ALL HELP YOU WHEN YOU COME TO BRAZIL hehhhe lol bye bye for now. Até logo!!