Breakdown of Os bens e direitos não incluem a dívida.
não
not
incluir
to include
os bens e direitos
the assets and rights (tax category)
a dívida
the debt
Questions & Answers about Os bens e direitos não incluem a dívida.
Why is it os bens e direitos and not just bens e direitos?
Os is the masculine plural definite article, meaning the.
In Portuguese, articles are used more often than in English. In a sentence like this, os bens e direitos sounds natural because it refers to a specific set of assets and rights, such as in a legal, tax, or financial context.
So:
- os bens e direitos = the assets and rights
- bens e direitos without os is possible in some contexts, but it sounds more general or less anchored to a specific case.
Why is não placed before incluem?
In Portuguese, the normal way to make a sentence negative is to put não directly before the conjugated verb.
So:
- incluem = include
- não incluem = do not include
This is much simpler than English, because Portuguese does not need a helping verb like do.
Compare:
- Eles incluem a dívida. = They include the debt.
- Eles não incluem a dívida. = They do not include the debt.
Why is the verb incluem and not inclui?