No meio da reunião online, a internet caiu.

the meeting

Breakdown of No meio da reunião online, a internet caiu.

• a internet: the internet
• cair: to go down
• online: online

Questions & Answers about No meio da reunião online, a internet caiu.

What does no meio da reunião online literally mean, and how is no meio da formed?

Literally, no meio da reunião online means in the middle of the online meeting.

It is built like this:

• no = contraction of em + o
• meio = middle
• da = contraction of de + a

The fixed expression is no meio de = in the middle of.

When the next noun uses the feminine article a, de + a becomes da:

• no meio da reunião
• base structure: no meio de a reunião
• natural contracted form: no meio da reunião

So the whole chunk works as one expression: no meio da... = in the middle of...

Why is it da reunião and not just de reunião?