Breakdown of Nós compramos o pão e o café aqui.
e
and
nós
we
aqui
here
o café
the café
comprar
to buy
o pão
the bread
Questions & Answers about Nós compramos o pão e o café aqui.
How is the verb compramos formed here?
Compramos comes from the regular verb comprar (to buy). To make the nós (we) form in the present tense, you drop the -ar ending and add -amos. So, comprar becomes compramos.
Do I need to include the word nós at the beginning of the sentence?
Why do we say o pão and o café? In English we often just say "buy bread and coffee".
In Portuguese, you use the definite article o (the) much more often than in English. Even when talking about everyday nouns like bread (pão) and coffee (café), it is very common to include the article, making the sentence literally "We buy the bread and the coffee here".
How is the word e (and) pronounced in this sentence?
In European Portuguese, the word e all by itself is pronounced like the "ee" in the English word "see". It does not sound like the English letter "E".
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