Breakdown of A família come no restaurante no sábado.
em
in / on / at
o restaurante
the restaurant
comer
to eat
a família
the family
o sábado
the Saturday
Questions & Answers about A família come no restaurante no sábado.
Why do we say no sábado for "on Saturday"?
In Portuguese, to say that something happens "on" a specific day, you use the preposition em (in/on/at) combined with the word "the" (o or a). Because sábado is a masculine word, we combine em + o to make no. Literally, you are saying "in the Saturday".
Why is sábado written with a lowercase 's'?
Unlike in English, days of the week in Portuguese are not capitalized unless they appear at the very beginning of a sentence.
The sentence uses no twice, but it translates to "in the" first and "on" second. Why?
The Portuguese word no is always a mix of em + o. The trick is that the preposition em is very flexible! It can translate to "in", "on", or "at" depending on the context. Here, no restaurante means "in the restaurant", while no sábado means "on Saturday".
Since a family is made up of multiple people, why do we use the singular verb come instead of the plural comem?
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