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

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.

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.

Portuguese uses definite articles much more often than English.

So a professora literally means the teacher, and it sounds natural here even if English might simply say her teacher or just the teacher, depending on context.

In Portuguese, using the article helps identify the person as a known or specific teacher in the situation.

Compare:

• a professora = the teacher
• uma professora = a teacher

Here, a professora suggests a specific teacher the speaker and listener can identify from context.

Both are possible in Brazilian Portuguese.

• Minha filha
• A minha filha

Before possessives like meu, minha, seu, nossa, Brazilian Portuguese often allows either form, with or without the definite article.

So both of these can sound natural:

• Minha filha gosta de ciências
• A minha filha gosta de ciências

In Brazil, omitting the article is very common, especially in neutral everyday speech. Adding the article can sound slightly more specific or natural depending on the region and context.

The accent in dá helps distinguish it from da.

• dá = gives from the verb dar
• da = contraction of de + a, meaning of the, from the, or similar depending on context

So:

• A professora dá exemplos = The teacher gives examples
• o livro da professora = the teacher’s book / the book of the teacher

The accent is important because it changes the word and its function.

Both are in the present tense.

• gosta = she likes
• dá = she gives

More specifically:

• gosta is the third-person singular form of gostar
• dá is the third-person singular form of dar

That matches the subjects:

• Minha filha → gosta
• a professora → dá

So the sentence describes a general present situation or habit:

• My daughter likes science
• because the teacher always gives simple examples

In Portuguese, adverbs like sempre often come before the main verb.

So:

• a professora sempre dá exemplos simples

is the most natural order.

Portuguese word order is somewhat flexible, but this placement is very common and neutral.

You may also hear other placements in some contexts, but for learners, subject + sempre + verb is a very good pattern to use:

• Eu sempre estudo à noite.
• Ela sempre chega cedo.

In Portuguese, adjectives usually come after the noun.

So:

• exemplos simples = simple examples

This is the normal, neutral order.

While some adjectives can come before the noun, that often changes the style, emphasis, or even meaning. For basic learning, it is safest to remember:

• noun + adjective

Examples:

• livro interessante
• casa grande
• explicação clara

So exemplos simples is the expected order.

Porque as one word is commonly used to mean because when giving a reason.

That is exactly what is happening here:

• Minha filha gosta de ciências porque...
  My daughter likes science because...

Portuguese has several similar forms:

• porque = because
• por que = why / for what reason / for which
• por quê = why, usually at the end of a question
• porquê = the reason

For this sentence, porque is correct because it introduces the cause or explanation.

Yes.

• professor = male teacher
• professora = female teacher

Since the sentence says a professora, it refers to a woman.

Portuguese marks gender in many nouns referring to people, so this is a common pattern:

• aluno / aluna
• menino / menina
• professor / professora

Here it clearly means daughter.

• filho = son
• filha = daughter

In some contexts, family words can also be used affectionately or figuratively, but in this sentence minha filha is the straightforward literal meaning: my daughter.

Also note the agreement:

• minha is feminine singular
• filha is feminine singular

That is why it is minha filha, not meu filha.

Portuguese often relies on context where English might use a possessive.

In this sentence, a professora naturally means the teacher, and from context it is understood to be the daughter’s teacher.

If you wanted to make that explicit, you could say something like:

• a professora dela = her teacher

But that is not necessary if the context already makes it clear.

So Portuguese may sound less explicit than English in some places, but it is still perfectly natural.

Yes. Very naturally.

The present tense in Portuguese often describes:

• general facts
• habits
• usual behavior
• repeated actions

So this sentence most likely means something like:

• My daughter likes science because the teacher always gives simple examples.

That sounds habitual, not just about one specific moment.

The word sempre strongly reinforces that idea, because it means always, which suggests repeated action rather than a one-time event.