Learn Portuguese (Portugal): Como estou farto da discoteca, vou-me embora. - Since I am fed up with the nightclub, I am going away.

Como estou farto da discoteca, vou-me embora.

Since I am fed up with the nightclub, I am going away.

Breakdown of Como estou farto da discoteca, vou-me embora.

of / from / by (means of transport) / wearing (attire)

estar

to be (temporary / location)

Questions & Answers about Como estou farto da discoteca, vou-me embora.

Why is there a -me in vou-me embora?

This comes from the pronominal verb ir-se embora, which means to go away or to leave. Even though the English translation isn't reflexive, in Portuguese you must use a reflexive pronoun that matches the person leaving. Since the subject is I, the verb ir becomes vou and the pronoun is me.

Doesn't como usually mean how or like? Why does it mean since here?

When como is placed at the very beginning of a sentence to introduce a reason or a cause, it translates to since or because. If you wanted to put the reason in the second half of the sentence instead, you would use porque (for example: Vou-me embora porque estou farto da discoteca).

How does the phrase estou farto da work?

The base expression is estar farto de, meaning to be fed up with. Because discoteca is a feminine noun, the preposition de combines with the feminine article a to become da. Also, note that farto is an adjective, so if the speaker were female, she would change the ending and say estou farta da discoteca.

Why is the pronoun attached to the end of the verb (vou-me) rather than placed before it?