Word
O trabalho humano exige paciência.
Meaning
Human work requires patience.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Breakdown of O trabalho humano exige paciência.
o trabalho
the work
o
the
exigir
to require
a paciência
the patience
Questions & Answers about O trabalho humano exige paciência.
Why is there o before trabalho?
O is the masculine singular definite article, meaning the.
In Portuguese, it is very common to use the definite article when speaking about something in a general or abstract way. So o trabalho humano can mean something like human work / human labor as a general concept.
This is more natural in Portuguese than leaving the noun bare. English often says human work or work with no article, but Portuguese frequently prefers o trabalho.
Why is it trabalho humano and not humano trabalho?
In Portuguese, adjectives usually come after the noun, especially in neutral, descriptive statements.
So:
- trabalho humano = human work
- noun first: trabalho
- adjective second: humano
If you put the adjective before the noun, it often sounds literary, emphatic, or unusual, and in many cases it may not sound natural at all. Here, trabalho humano is the normal order.
What part of speech is humano here?