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UNS/ALGUNS
Quando posso usar "uns" e quando "alguns"...? Qual é a diferenca? Obrigada
May 25, 2010 4:43 PM
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Completando as demais respostas "uns" também pode dar uma ídeia mais vaga ou menos importante quanto a quantidade, ou de "qualquer"
"Uns desses ai"
"Vou levar uns dois livros de literatura inglesa para casa" (note que Uns aqui apenas deixa a quantidade "dois' mais vaga, dando a ideia de que a quantidade pode variar.
Também considero "uns" mais informal, procuro não usa-lo na linguagem escrita.
May 26, 2010
"alguns" sounds like "some" girls, or "some" guys
"Uns" denota quantidade, junto com o verbo TER
May 25, 2010
Uns could be used as plural for the undefined article "um" - and will ever mean anything but that. While "alguns" means "some" and can also be used as plural undefined article.
"Um - Uma - A"
"Uns - Umas - Some"
"Alguns - Algumas - Some".
They are often interchangeable^^
May 25, 2010
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