Não entre no quarto agora, porque o chão está molhado.

Don't go into the bedroom now, because the floor is wet.

Breakdown of Não entre no quarto agora, porque o chão está molhado.

• estar: to be
• agora: now
• não: not
• porque: because

Questions & Answers about Não entre no quarto agora, porque o chão está molhado.

Why is the verb entre and not entra or entrar?

Entre is the negative command form used with você (and also with o senhor / a senhora).

The base verb is entrar = to enter / to go in.

In Brazilian Portuguese, negative commands are formed with:

• não
  • the present subjunctive

So:

• você entra = you enter / you go in
• não entre = don’t go in

Why not the others?

• entrar is the infinitive: to enter
• entra is the positive command for tu in standard grammar, and also the present indicative for você/ele/ela depending on context
• entre is the correct negative command here

So Não entre means Don’t go in.

How are negative commands formed in Portuguese?