Word
Depois do jantar, ficou um pouco de arroz na panela.
Meaning
After dinner, there was a little rice left in the pot.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Lesson
Breakdown of Depois do jantar, ficou um pouco de arroz na panela.
na
in the
depois de
after
o jantar
the dinner
a panela
the pot
Questions & Answers about Depois do jantar, ficou um pouco de arroz na panela.
Why is it do jantar instead of de o jantar?
Because Portuguese normally contracts de + o into do.
So:
- de o jantar → do jantar
This kind of contraction is extremely common:
- de + a → da
- de + os → dos
- de + as → das
In depois do jantar, the phrase means after dinner literally after the dinner.
Why is the verb ficou used here? I thought ficar meant to stay or to become.