Question 1

Why is março written with a lowercase letter?

Accepted Answer

In Portuguese, months of the year like março (March) are not capitalized unless they appear at the very beginning of a sentence.

Question 2

Why do we say em março instead of no março?

Accepted Answer

When saying something happens "in" a specific month, you just use the simple preposition em (in). You don't add the word for "the" (which would combine with em to make no).

Question 3

Why does Sunday use ao (ao domingo) while March just uses em (em março)?

Accepted Answer

Days of the week and months follow slightly different rules. To say "on [Day]", Portuguese uses the preposition a combined with the masculine "the" (o) to make ao (literally "at the Sunday"). For months, you just use em (in) with no article.

Question 4

What is the infinitive (dictionary form) of the verb abre?

Accepted Answer

It comes from the regular verb abrir (to open). Because o supermercado acts as an "it" (third-person singular), we drop the -ir ending and add -e to make abre.

O supermercado abre ao domingo em março.

Breakdown of O supermercado abre ao domingo em março.

Questions & Answers about O supermercado abre ao domingo em março.

Learn O supermercado abre ao domingo em março and more in Portuguese