Breakdown of Não compreendo tal atitude fútil.
não
not / no
compreender
to understand
a atitude
the attitude
tal
such
fútil
frivolous / shallow
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?
No, when tal means "such" or "this kind of", it must be placed immediately before the noun. If placed after a noun, it changes meaning and usually appears in colloquial phrases like e tal (meaning "and so on" or "and stuff like that").
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