Breakdown of As nozes do supermercado são caras, por isso comemos as da quinta.
ser
to be
de
of / from / by (means of transport) / wearing (attire)
o supermercado
the supermarket
comer
to eat
caro
expensive
por isso
therefore / so (for that reason)
a quinta
the farm
a noz
the walnut
Questions & Answers about As nozes do supermercado são caras, por isso comemos as da quinta.
In the phrase as da quinta, why do we use as instead of aquelas or elas?
In Portuguese, when you want to express 'the ones from' or 'the ones that', you use the definite articles (o, a, os, as) as demonstrative pronouns. Here, as means 'the ones' and replaces the feminine plural noun as nozes to avoid repetition. You will see this structure very often before the preposition de (as in da) or the relative pronoun que.
Does the do in do supermercado need to agree with as nozes?
No, the contraction do (de + o) agrees with the word that comes immediately after it, which is the masculine singular noun supermercado. It tells us where the walnuts are from, but it does not change gender to match the walnuts themselves. The same rule applies to da matching the feminine noun quinta.
Could I use então instead of por isso to mean 'so'?
I have seen quinta used for days of the week. Does it also mean 'farm'?
Exactly! quinta is a very common word in Portugal for a farm, country estate, or rural property. It is also the everyday shorthand for quinta-feira (Thursday). The context makes it obvious, since you would not eat walnuts grown on a Thursday!
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