Portuguese Interrogatives (Question Words)    |
Grammar
Index |
As with English, most questions
in Portuguese begin with a word such as who, what, where, when, how, why,
etc.
 
| Aonde?  | 
Where? | 
| Cade?  | 
Where is? | 
| Como?  | 
How?  | 
| De quem?  | 
Whose? | 
| Onde?  | 
Where? | 
| Pode?  | 
Can you? | 
| Por que não?  | 
Why not? | 
| Porque?
++ | 
Why? | 
| Quais?  | 
What? | 
| Qual?  | 
Which?/What? | 
| Quando?  | 
When? | 
| Quanto?  | 
How much? | 
| Quantos?  | 
How many? | 
| Que? ++ | 
What?/Which? | 
| Quem?  | 
Who? | 
++
When que and porque are used alone, a circumflex (^)
is added to the
e (e.g. quê; porquê).
Additionally, que is often used in interjections and denotes a great
quantity or "how", for example, que bonita! = how pretty!
 
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