Breakdown of Já que este clipe é teu, eu guardo-o na agenda.
eu
I
ser
to be
em
in / on / at
teu
your (informal)
este
this (+ noun)
o
him/it (m)
guardar
to keep
já que
since (reason)
o clipe
the paperclip
a agenda
the planner
Questions & Answers about Já que este clipe é teu, eu guardo-o na agenda.
Why is it just é teu instead of é o teu?
When a possessive pronoun comes right after the verb ser (in the predicative position), European Portuguese generally omits the definite article. If you were to say é o teu, it would change the meaning slightly to emphasize it is THE one that is yours, singling it out from a specific group of items.
Does the conjunction já que ever trigger the subjunctive mood?
The translation says I will keep, but guardo is in the present tense. Why not use the future tense?
In everyday conversational Portuguese, the present tense is frequently used to express an immediate future action or a spontaneous decision. Using the actual future tense here would sound unnecessarily formal for a simple action like keeping a paperclip.
Why is the object pronoun attached to the end of the verb in guardo-o instead of placed before it?
While certain words pull pronouns to the front of the verb, that only happens within the same clause. The conjunction já que belongs entirely to the first clause. The second part (eu guardo-o) is a standard affirmative main clause, so European Portuguese follows its default rule of attaching the pronoun to the end of the verb.
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