Breakdown of O distribuidor promete entregar o envelope registado daqui a uma semana.
um
a / an / some (all forms)
a
to / at (direction)
a semana
the week
prometer
to promise
entregar
to hand in
o envelope
the envelope
daqui a
in (time from now)
o distribuidor
the distributor
registado
registered
Questions & Answers about O distribuidor promete entregar o envelope registado daqui a uma semana.
Why do we use daqui a instead of just em or numa for "in a week"?
While English uses "in" for future times ("in a week"), Portuguese uses daqui a (literally "from here to") to talk about a specific point in time starting from right now. If you used numa semana, it would sound more like the duration of the task: "it will take a week to complete it" rather than "it will happen one week from today".
Could we use dentro de here instead of daqui a?
You could, but it changes the exact promise! daqui a uma semana means the delivery will happen exactly one week from today. If the sentence used dentro de uma semana, it would mean "within a week", meaning the envelope could arrive tomorrow, in three days, or on the seventh day.
Why is there no preposition like de or a between promete and entregar?
In Portuguese, many verbs require a preposition to connect to a following infinitive verb (like gostar de fazer or começar a fazer). However, prometer (to promise) is a verb that connects directly to the next action without any "glue" words. It is simply prometer fazer (to promise to do).
I've seen the word for "registered" spelled as registrado before. Is registado a typo?
It is not a typo! In European Portuguese, the verb is registar (to register), which makes the past participle/adjective registado. You will often see registrar and registrado used in Brazilian Portuguese, but the second 'r' is dropped in Portugal.
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