Learn Portuguese (Portugal): O homem bebe o sumo e come a sopa. - The man drinks the juice and eats the soup.

O homem bebe o sumo e come a sopa.

The man drinks the juice and eats the soup.

Breakdown of O homem bebe o sumo e come a sopa.

Questions & Answers about O homem bebe o sumo e come a sopa.

Why do the verbs bebe and come both end in -e?

Both are regular verbs that end in -er in their dictionary form: beber (to drink) and comer (to eat). When talking about o homem (the man), which is a third-person singular subject like "he" or "she", you drop the -er and add -e.

How is the word e (and) pronounced in this sentence?

The conjunction e (and) sounds like a very short "ee" in English. Don't confuse it with é (is), which has an accent mark and sounds like the "e" in "pet".

Why do we say o sumo and a sopa instead of just sumo and sopa?

In Portuguese, you almost always use definite articles (o, a, os, as) before nouns when referring to specific things. Sumo is a masculine word, so it gets o (the), and sopa is feminine, so it gets a (the).

Can I drop the words O homem if we already know who we are talking about?