Minha filha gosta de ciências porque a professora sempre dá exemplos simples.

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Breakdown of Minha filha gosta de ciências porque a professora sempre dá exemplos simples.

• minha: my
• porque: because
• sempre: always

Questions & Answers about Minha filha gosta de ciências porque a professora sempre dá exemplos simples.

Why is it gosta de and not just gosta?

Because the verb gostar normally takes the preposition de in Portuguese.

So:

• gostar de = to like
• Minha filha gosta de ciências = My daughter likes science

This is different from English, where to like does not need a preposition.

More examples:

• Eu gosto de música. = I like music.
• Eles gostam de futebol. = They like soccer.

When you use a pronoun after de, it can combine:

• gosto de você
• gosto disso

So gosta de is the standard pattern you should learn as a unit.

Why is ciências plural?

In Portuguese, ciências is often used in the plural when referring to the school subject science.

So in this sentence, ciências most likely means the subject studied at school, like:

• matemática
• história
• ciências

Even though English usually says science in the singular, Portuguese often uses ciências in this educational context.

You may also see singular ciência, but that usually refers more to science as a field or concept in general, not the school class.