Breakdown of Eu acompanharei a tua jornada até ao teu regresso.
eu
I
teu
your (informal, m/f/pl: teu, tua, teus, tuas)
a
to / at (direction)
o
him/it (m)
até
until
a jornada
the journey
acompanhar
to accompany
o regresso
the return
Questions & Answers about Eu acompanharei a tua jornada até ao teu regresso.
This lesson is about expressing wishes with "Que", so why is the Future Indicative (acompanharei) used here instead?
This sentence is a firm promise or statement of fact about the future, rather than a wish. If you were expressing a wish like "May I accompany your journey," you would use the subjunctive: Que eu acompanhe a tua jornada. Because this is a definite statement, it uses the Future Indicative.
Is jornada exactly the same as "journey" in English?
It can mean "journey" in an epic or metaphorical sense, which fits nicely here. However, for a typical trip or holiday, you would normally use viagem. Keep in mind that jornada is also frequently used to mean a "working day" or "shift" in Portuguese.
Why do we say até ao instead of just até o?
In European Portuguese, the preposition até (until) is almost always followed by the preposition a when it precedes a noun or determiner. Here, that a combines with the masculine article o (for teu regresso) to form the contraction ao.
Why are the definite articles used before the possessives (a tua and teu)?
In European Portuguese, it is standard practice to include a definite article (o, a, os, or as) before a possessive word when it modifies a noun. This is why the sentence says a tua jornada and ao teu regresso rather than omitting the articles.
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