Word
A palestra de hoje na universidade foi boa para quem está começando a carreira.
Meaning
Today’s talk at the university was good for someone who is starting a career.
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Breakdown of A palestra de hoje na universidade foi boa para quem está começando a carreira.
ser
to be
estar
to be
hoje
today
de
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Questions & Answers about A palestra de hoje na universidade foi boa para quem está começando a carreira.
Why does the sentence start with A palestra instead of just palestra?
Because Portuguese usually uses the definite article more often than English.
- A palestra = the lecture / the talk
- In English, we might sometimes say Today’s lecture...
- In Portuguese, it is very natural to say A palestra de hoje...
Leaving out the article here would sound less natural in standard Brazilian Portuguese.
What does de hoje mean here, and why not hoje by itself?
Why is it na universidade and not em a universidade?