Breakdown of O meu horário é flexível e o meu honorário varia.
ser
to be
e
and
meu
my (m/f/pl: meu, minha, meus, minhas)
o horário
the schedule
o honorário
the fee (for professional services)
variar
to vary
flexível
flexible
Questions & Answers about O meu horário é flexível e o meu honorário varia.
The words "horário" and "honorário" look almost identical. How can I avoid mixing them up?
They are a classic pair of look-alike words! Horário comes from hora (hour), so it means "schedule", "timetable", or "working hours". Honorário is related to the English word "honorarium" and refers to a professional "fee" for services.
Since this lesson is about "consoante", how could I rewrite this to say "My fee varies depending on my schedule"?
You would combine the two ideas like this: O meu honorário varia consoante o meu horário. When used as a preposition meaning "depending on" or "according to", consoante is followed directly by the noun phrase, with no extra prepositions needed.
Why do we use the article "o" before "meu" in both halves of the sentence?
In standard European Portuguese, you almost always use the definite article (o, a, os, as) before a possessive pronoun that comes right before a noun. Dropping the article (saying just meu horário) is very common in Brazilian Portuguese, but sounds unnatural in everyday speech in Portugal.
Does the adjective "flexível" change if the noun is feminine?
No. Adjectives ending in -l, like flexível or possível, are invariable in gender. You use the exact same word for a masculine noun (o horário flexível) and a feminine noun (a rotina flexível). For the plural, you drop the -l and add -is (flexíveis).
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