Learn Portuguese (Portugal): Nós trabalhamos muito em janeiro e fevereiro.

Nós trabalhamos muito em janeiro e fevereiro.

We work a lot in January and February.

Breakdown of Nós trabalhamos muito em janeiro e fevereiro.

Questions & Answers about Nós trabalhamos muito em janeiro e fevereiro.

Why aren't janeiro and fevereiro capitalized?

In Portuguese, the months of the year are written with lowercase letters, unlike in English! You only capitalize them if they appear at the very beginning of a sentence.

Which word means "in" for the months?

The word em means "in". When talking about things happening in a specific month, you just use em directly before the month, exactly like we do in English (for example, em janeiro means "in January"). You don't need to combine it with "the" to make no or na.

How do we know trabalhamos means "we work" (present) and not "we worked" (past)?

In European Portuguese, the past tense of this verb for nós (we) has an accent mark: trabalhámos ("we worked"). Because there is no accent mark here, we know it is the present tense: trabalhamos ("we work").

Why doesn't muito have an "s" at the end to match nós?

In this sentence, muito means "a lot" and is describing how much we work (the verb). When describing an action, it acts as an adverb and never changes its shape. It would only add an "s" if it were describing a plural noun (like muitos dias, meaning "many days").