Todo/Toda/Tudo

Goals:

Notice usage patterns of determiners (todo, todos, toda, todas) and the indefinite pronoun (tudo);
Differentiate patterns and functions;
Produce nominal agreement.

Analysis 1: TODO(S)

Observe the following concordance lines to answer the questions.

1a. What are the possible meanings of the word todo and todos in the two sets of sentences below? Are they all the same?

1b. Now observe the structure of the sentences above. What comes after todo? What comes after todos? Can you explain the pattern?

ANALYSIS 2: TODA(S)

2a. What happens if the words that follow the determiner are feminine ? Observe the concordance below. What has changed in the pattern of the sentences?

2b. Change the plural nouns to singular form and make the corresponding agreement with the determiner toda. How does the meaning change? Is it possible to modify all those sentences to plural form? Why?

SYSTEMATIZING KNOWLEDGE

Complete the table below with usage patterns that you found in the sentences analyzed previously. Add an example from the corpus in the table, and also create a new sentence.

Systematizing Knowledge -- Todo, Todos, Toda, Todos, Tudo

INCORPORATING TUDO

In the table you also have a row for the pronoun tudo, which follows a different pattern than the other determiners. What is the difference? Observe the concordance lines 1-8 to answer this question. Then, complete the table with information about tudo.

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