Breakdown of Os gatos, que dormem muito, adoram o sol.
o gato
the cat
dormir
to sleep
adorar
to adore
o sol
the sun
que
who / which / that (relative)
Questions & Answers about Os gatos, que dormem muito, adoram o sol.
Why is it Os gatos and not just Gatos if the English translation is simply "Cats"?
In Portuguese, when you talk about a whole category or make a general statement—like cats in general—you must use the definite article (o, a, os, as). In English, we drop the "the" for generalizations, but dropping it here would sound unnatural in Portuguese.
The word que translates to "which" here. Could it also mean "who" if we were talking about people?
Why does the sentence use adoram for "love" instead of a form of the verb amar?
In Portuguese, adorar is the standard way to say you "love" a thing, an activity, or a place (like the sun, food, or a hobby). The verb amar is much stronger and is typically reserved for deep, romantic love or profound affection for people.
Both dormem and adoram end in -m. Do I pronounce it like a hard English "m"?
No, you shouldn't close your lips to make an English "m" sound. At the end of Portuguese words, -m just tells you to make the previous vowel nasal. Adoram sounds a bit like ending with "ãw", and dormem sounds like ending with a nasal "ẽy".
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