Tu vais à casa do Pedro?

you

Breakdown of Tu vais à casa do Pedro?

• Pedro: Pedro
• de: of
• ir: to go
• a casa: the house

Questions & Answers about Tu vais à casa do Pedro?

Why is tu used here instead of você?

In European Portuguese, tu is the informal second-person singular pronoun that you use with friends, family, or people you are close to. Você can be used as well, but in Portugal, it often feels more formal or distant. So, Tu vais à casa do Pedro? sounds friendlier or more casual among people who know each other well.

Is there a difference between vas and vais?

No. The correct conjugation in European Portuguese for tu (in the present tense) is vais. Sometimes beginners might confuse it with the Spanish form vas, but in Portuguese, you always say tu vais.

Why is there an à before casa?

À is a contraction of a + a. In this context, it means to the. Since casa is a feminine noun, when it follows the preposition a, it becomes à. So, the structure is Tu vais à casa, meaning You are going to the house.

What does do mean in casa do Pedro?

Do is a contraction of de + o (meaning of the or from the). Here, casa do Pedro literally translates to the house of Pedro. In English, you’d just say Pedro’s house, but in Portuguese, you use de (in its contracted form do) to indicate possession.

How would I pronounce this sentence naturally in Portugal?

Portuguese from Portugal can have a slightly more closed vowel sound and softer consonants than some other varieties. A rough guide would be:
• Tu vais – /too vaish/ (the s in vais often sounds like “sh” in European Portuguese)
• à casa – /a KA-za/ (stress on the first syllable of casa)
• do – /doo/ (very short, soft “oo”)
• Pedro – /PE-dru/ (the r is slightly guttural in European Portuguese).