Word
Nós temos dezasseis chaves no escritório.
Meaning
We have sixteen keys in the office.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Nós temos dezasseis chaves no escritório.
nós
we
a chave
the key
ter
to have
no
in the / on the / at the (m, f, pl forms: na, nos, nas)
Questions & Answers about Nós temos dezasseis chaves no escritório.
Why is the verb temos used here?
Is dezasseis spelled differently in European Portuguese?
Yes! In Portugal, 16 is spelled and pronounced dezasseis (with an a). If you happen to see dezesseis (with an e), that is the Brazilian Portuguese spelling.
How do we form the plural for chaves?
Why does the sentence use no for "in the" instead of just em?
The word no is a mandatory combination (contraction) of the word em (in) and the masculine word for "the", which is o. Because "office" is a masculine word (o escritório), em + o merges into no.