Portuguese Genealogical Word List: Difference between revisions

(Changed "Rating" to "Content".)
Line 41: Line 41:
Some letters in Portuguese can carry accent marks that indicate how to pronounce the letter, or which syllable in a word is stressed. They do not affect alphabetical order. The accent marks include:  
Some letters in Portuguese can carry accent marks that indicate how to pronounce the letter, or which syllable in a word is stressed. They do not affect alphabetical order. The accent marks include:  


{{Block indent|agudo  á, é, í, ó, ú}}
:agudo  á, é, í, ó, ú


{{Block indent|cedilha ç}}
:cedilha ç


{{Block indent|circunflexo ê, ô}}
:circunflexo ê, ô


{{Block indent|grave à, è}}
:grave à, è


{{Block indent|til ã, ẽ, õ, ũ}}
:til ã, ẽ, õ, ũ


{{Block indent|trema ü}}
:trema ü


===Spelling===
===Spelling===
Line 555: Line 555:
In Portuguese records, dates are spelled out, for example:  
In Portuguese records, dates are spelled out, for example:  


{{Block indent|''No vigésimo terceiro dia do mês de março do ano de mil oito centos e trinta e tres'' [On the twenty-third day of March of the year of one thousand eight hundred and thirty and three].}}
:''No vigésimo terceiro dia do mês de março do ano de mil oito centos e trinta e tres'' [On the twenty-third day of March of the year of one thousand eight hundred and thirty and three].


To understand Portuguese dates, use the following lists as well as the preceding "Numbers" section.  
To understand Portuguese dates, use the following lists as well as the preceding "Numbers" section.  
4,291

edits