Learn Portuguese (Portugal): Decidimos comer no restaurante.

Decidimos comer no restaurante.

We decide to eat in the restaurant.

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Questions & Answers about Decidimos comer no restaurante.

Why does the sentence start with decidimos without saying the word for 'we'?

Decidimos comes from the regular verb decidir (to decide). To make the 'we' (nós) form for an -ir verb, you take off the -ir and add -imos. Because this ending is only used for 'we', the pronoun nós is usually dropped in Portuguese.

Wait, doesn't decidimos also mean 'we decided' in the past tense?

Yes, it does! For regular -ir verbs (and -ar verbs), the 'we' form is exactly the same in both the present tense and the simple past tense. You have to figure out if it means 'we decide' or 'we decided' based on the rest of the conversation.

Why is comer left as 'to eat' instead of being changed to match 'we'?

When you have two verbs back-to-back, like deciding to do something, only the first verb is conjugated (changed to match the subject). The second verb, comer (to eat), stays in its infinitive or dictionary form.

Why does it say no restaurante instead of using em for 'in'?