Breakdown of Vocês podem ler sobre o pássaro e o cachorro agora?
o
the
agora
now
e
and
poder
to be able to
cachorro
dog
vocês
you (plural)
sobre
about
ler
to read
pássaro
bird
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Questions & Answers about Vocês podem ler sobre o pássaro e o cachorro agora?
Why is Vocês used in this sentence?
Vocês is the standard second-person plural pronoun in Brazilian Portuguese. It’s used to address a group of people. Though Vós exists in Portuguese, it’s rarely used in Brazil.
Why do we say podem instead of pode?
Because Vocês is plural, the verb poder must also be conjugated in the plural form: podem. Pode would be used if the subject were Você (singular).
What does sobre mean in this context?
Sobre means about. It’s a preposition indicating the topic or subject of what someone is reading.
Why is there an o before pássaro and cachorro?
In Portuguese, nouns typically need an article (definite or indefinite). Here, o indicates that the sentence refers to a specific bird (o pássaro) and a specific dog (o cachorro).
What does agora mean?
Agora means now, telling us the time to perform the action (reading) is at this moment.
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