Breakdown of Fizemos uma visita guiada ao museu.
o museu
the museum
fazer
to do
a visita guiada
the guided tour
Questions & Answers about Fizemos uma visita guiada ao museu.
Why is the verb fizemos used here if the English translation says "we took"?
The English translation says "tour", but the Portuguese sentence uses visita. Why not use a word like passeio?
While passeio is a great word for a casual stroll or outdoor tour, an official or structured tour of a building, museum, or exhibition is standardly referred to as uma visita in Portuguese. Therefore, a "guided tour" is translated exactly as uma visita guiada.
Why does the sentence use ao museu (to the museum) instead of do museu (of the museum)?
This is a case where the prepositions don't match up between the two languages. In English, you take a tour of a place. In Portuguese, the noun visita is followed by the preposition a (to). Because museu is a masculine noun, the preposition a combines with the definite article o (the) to become ao.
Is guiada an adjective here?
Yes! Guiada is the past participle of the verb guiar (to guide), acting here as an adjective describing the tour. Because it modifies the feminine singular noun visita, it must take the feminine ending -a.
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