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Questions & Answers about Abrimos o café cedo.
Where is the word for "we" in this sentence?
In Portuguese, you can often leave out subject pronouns like nós (we). The verb ending does the heavy lifting: the -imos ending in abrimos tells us exactly who is doing the opening!
How exactly do we change the verb abrir to get abrimos?
Does café mean the drink or the coffee shop here?
It means the coffee shop! Just like in English, the word café is used for both the beverage (coffee) and the place that sells it. Context tells us which one it is: you open a shop, not a cup of coffee.
Will the word cedo change if we open multiple cafés?
No, cedo means "early" and is an adverb. Adverbs describe how or when an action happens. Unlike adjectives, adverbs never change their endings to match masculine, feminine, singular, or plural words.