Word
O menino dorme agora.
Meaning
The boy sleeps now.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Questions & Answers about O menino dorme agora.
Why is there O at the beginning? Does it mean the?
Yes. O is the masculine singular definite article, so here it means the.
- o menino = the boy
- a menina = the girl
In Portuguese, articles are used very often, sometimes more often than in English.
Why is it menino and not menina?
What form of the verb is dorme?