Numbers 1
One and two
The first two numbers in Portuguese, um and dois, change to match the gender of what you are counting.
Eu tenho um gato e uma gata.
I have one male cat and one female cat.
dois meninos e duas meninas
two boys and two girls
Z as in zoo
The letter s has two different sounds in Portuguese.
casa
casa, usa
A single s in the middle of a word sounds like the z in zoo.
sete
sete, dezesseis
An s at the start of a word or double s sounds like s, as in salt.
Luckily, z is less tricky! It has only one sound in Portuguese! It sounds like z, as in zoo.
onze
onze , dezoito