Se os seus óculos não estiverem aí, talvez tenham ficado no carro.

to be

Breakdown of Se os seus óculos não estiverem aí, talvez tenham ficado no carro.

• não: not
• ter: to have
• o carro: the car

Questions & Answers about Se os seus óculos não estiverem aí, talvez tenham ficado no carro.

Why is óculos plural if it means one pair of glasses?

In Portuguese, óculos is normally a plural-only noun when it means glasses / eyeglasses. So even if you are talking about one pair, Portuguese treats it grammatically as plural.

That is why you get:

• os seus óculos
• não estiverem
• tenham ficado

All of those are plural because óculos is plural.

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Why does the sentence say os seus óculos instead of just seus óculos?

In Brazilian Portuguese, it is very common to use the definite article before a possessive:

• os seus óculos
• a minha casa
• o meu carro

So os seus óculos is completely natural. In many contexts, seus óculos is also possible, but the version with the article is extremely common in Brazil.

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Why is it estiverem and not estão or estejam?