Breakdown of Anota a data na tua agenda para não esqueceres.
Questions & Answers about Anota a data na tua agenda para não esqueceres.
What person, mood and form is anota? Why not anote?
Anota is the 2nd person singular informal affirmative imperative (tu). In Portuguese the affirmative imperative for tu is formed by taking the present indicative anotas and dropping the final -s, which gives anota.
Anote would be the 3rd person (formal você) imperative.
Why use na tua agenda and not em tua agenda or just tua agenda?
- na is the contraction of em + a (feminine a agenda), so em a tua agenda → na tua agenda.
- With possessive pronouns before most nouns you normally include the definite article (a tua casa, o teu carro). Only with close family members can you drop it (e.g. minha mãe, teu pai).
Why do we use tua instead of sua?
Why is it para não esqueceres (infinitive) and not para não te esqueças (subjunctive)?
After para indicating purpose, Portuguese normally uses an infinitive. Here it’s the personal infinitive esqueceres, which already carries the subject tu.
If you prefer a finite clause you must add que and the subjunctive:
para que não te esqueças.
Why don’t we repeat a data in para não esqueceres? Should it be para não esqueceres a data?
What does agenda mean in Portuguese? Is it the same as in English?
Are there synonyms for anotar in this context?
Can I change the word order to Anota na tua agenda a data?
Yes. Both orders are grammatically correct.
• Anota a data na tua agenda (focus on what to note)
• Anota na tua agenda a data (focus on where to note)
Should I put a comma before para não esqueceres?
How would I express this in a very formal or business context?
You could use the formal imperative or a more impersonal construction:
• “Anote a data na sua agenda para não esquecer.”
• “Registe a data na sua agenda de modo a não a esquecer.”
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