Breakdown of Nós compramos um carro novo em junho.
o carro
the car
nós
we
novo
new / young
um
a / an / some (all forms)
em
in / on / at
comprar
to buy
junho
June
Questions & Answers about Nós compramos um carro novo em junho.
Why is junho written with a lowercase letter?
In Portuguese, months of the year like junho (June) are not capitalized unless they appear at the very beginning of a sentence.
What word do we use for 'in' when talking about months?
We use the preposition em. When you want to say something happens in a specific month, you just use em directly followed by the name of the month, exactly like em junho.
Why is the word order carro novo instead of novo carro?
In Portuguese, descriptive words (adjectives) like novo (new) almost always come right after the noun they describe. So, 'a new car' becomes um carro novo.
Can I leave out the word Nós at the beginning?
How do we know compramos is present tense ('buy') and not past tense ('bought')?
In European Portuguese, there is a spelling difference for the 'we' form of verbs ending in '-ar'. The present tense is compramos (no accent), while the past tense gets an accent mark on the 'a', becoming comprámos.
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