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Big idea: Preposition + article contractions (do, no, ao…): The big three

Contractions are everywhere. Learn the most common ones as fixed chunks.

The big three

These show up constantly.

  • de + o = do
  • em + o = no
  • a + o = ao
Vou ao mercado.
I go to the market.
Estou no hotel.
I am in the hotel.

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I go to the market.
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Which sentence matches “I go to the market.”?