Word
Não compreendo tal atitude fútil.
Meaning
I do not understand such a frivolous attitude.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Não compreendo tal atitude fútil.
não
not / no
compreender
to understand
a atitude
the attitude
tal
such
Questions & Answers about Não compreendo tal atitude fútil.
Why isn't there a word for "a" in the Portuguese sentence, like "tal uma atitude"?
In Portuguese, when tal is used as a determiner meaning "such" or "such a", it directly precedes the noun. You do not use the indefinite article (um/uma) with it. It is always just tal atitude, never tal uma atitude.
If I wanted to say "such frivolous attitudes" in the plural, how would the words change?
The phrase would become tais atitudes fúteis. Both tal and fútil end in -l, so they follow the standard rule for pluralizing words with this ending: drop the -l and add -is.
Could I use entendo instead of compreendo here?
Can tal be placed after the noun, like atitude tal?