Breakdown of Ando para mostrar mais empatia e compreensão para com a minha avó.
e
and
meu
my (m/f/pl: meu, minha, meus, minhas)
para
to / for
mais
more
mostrar
to show
a avó
the grandmother
andar
to walk
a compreensão
the understanding
para com
towards (feelings, attitude)
a empatia
the empathy
Questions & Answers about Ando para mostrar mais empatia e compreensão para com a minha avó.
Why use para com here instead of just para or com?
Para com specifically translates to "towards" when describing an attitude, feeling, or behavior directed at someone. If you used just para, it would sound like a physical transfer, and com would mean showing it together with her. Para com captures the abstract relationship of how you act "towards" her.
Can I use para com for physical movement, like walking "towards" someone?
What does Ando para mostrar mean? Doesn't andar usually mean "to walk"?
It does, but andar is also used as a helper verb for ongoing situations. While andar a plus an infinitive means you have been actively doing something lately, andar para plus an infinitive means you "have been meaning to" or "intending to" do it for a while, but haven't actually gotten around to it yet.
Does para com contract with the definite article a before minha avó?
No, unlike many other prepositions in Portuguese, the compound preposition para com does not contract with definite articles. It always stays separate as para com o or para com a.
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