Word
O vento assusta a criança no parque.
Meaning
The wind scares the child in the park.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Lesson
Breakdown of O vento assusta a criança no parque.
em
in
a criança
the child
o parque
the park
o vento
the wind
Questions & Answers about O vento assusta a criança no parque.
What does assusta mean and what tense/person is it?
Assusta comes from the verb assustar, which means “to scare” or “to frighten.” Here it’s in the third person singular of the present indicative (he/she/it scares). We use this form because the subject (o vento) is singular.
Why is there an a before criança? Is it a preposition?
That a is the feminine singular definite article (the), not a preposition. Portuguese often uses definite articles before nouns, so a criança literally means “the child.”
What does no mean in no parque?
No is a contraction of the preposition em (in) + the masculine article o (the). Therefore, no parque means “in the park.”
Why is it no and not na parque?