Quantifiers: muito, pouco, alguns, todos, nenhum

Agreement Patterns

Adjective Forms (before nouns - must agree)

Adverb Forms (after verbs - no change)

• Ela fala muito (She talks a lot)
• Eu durmo pouco (I sleep little)
• Ele come demais (He eats too much)

MUITO (much/many/very/a lot)

As Adjective (changes):

• Muito café (a lot of coffee - masc. sing.)
• Muita gente (many people - fem. sing.)
• Muitos brasileiros (many Brazilians - masc. pl.)
• Muitas vezes (many times - fem. pl.)

As Adverb (no change):

• Muito bem! (Very well!)
• Gosto muito (I like it a lot)
• Muito obrigado/a (Thank you very much)

POUCO (little/few)

As Adjective (changes):

• Pouco dinheiro (little money)
• Pouca paciência (little patience)
• Poucos minutos (few minutes)
• Poucas opções (few options)

As Adverb (no change):

• Falo pouco (I speak little)
• Um pouco (a little bit)

ALGUNS/ALGUMAS (some/a few)

Only exists in plural:

• Alguns amigos (some friends - masc.)
• Algumas pessoas (some people - fem.)
• Never: "algum amigo" for "some friend"
• For singular indefinite, use "algum/alguma" = "some/any"

TODO (all/every/whole)

Special meanings with/without article:

• Todo dia = every day (no article)
• Todo o dia = all day long (with article)
• Toda semana = every week
• Toda a semana = the whole week

Plural always needs article:

• Todos os alunos (all the students)
• Todas as pessoas (all the people)

NENHUM (no/none/not any)

Singular only in modern Portuguese:

• Nenhum problema (no problem)
• Nenhuma chance (no chance)
• Always negative meaning
• Often paired with "não": "Não tenho nenhum dinheiro"