Learn Portuguese (Portugal): Tenho muito orgulho em ti.

Tenho muito orgulho em ti.

I am very proud of you.

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Questions & Answers about Tenho muito orgulho em ti.

Why does this sentence use Tenho (I have) instead of a verb for "I am"?

In English, you use the adjective "proud" (I am proud), but in Portuguese, it is much more common to use the noun orgulho (pride) with the verb ter (to have). Literally, you are saying "I have a lot of pride".

English uses "proud of", so why is the preposition em used here instead of de?

In European Portuguese, both ter orgulho em (literally "pride in") and ter orgulho de ("pride of") are correct and widely used. When talking about being proud of a person, em is especially natural and common.

Why is it muito orgulho and not muita orgulho?

Because orgulho is a masculine noun. Even though muito often acts as an adverb meaning "very" (which doesn't change form), here it is an adjective meaning "much" or "a lot of". Therefore, it must match the masculine, singular noun it describes.

Why is the word ti used instead of tu for "you"?

The word ti is the object pronoun used after prepositions. Whenever the informal "you" (tu) comes immediately after a preposition like em, de, or para, it must change to ti.