Questions & Answers about Eu não bebo leite à meia-noite.
Why does this sentence use à instead of às for the time?
When telling time in Portuguese, you usually use the plural às (a contraction of a + as) because most hours are plural, like às duas (at two). However, meia-noite (midnight) and meio-dia (noon) are singular words. Since noite is feminine, we combine the preposition a (at) with the singular feminine article a (the) to make à.
What does meia-noite literally mean?
It literally translates to "half-night". Meia means "half" (in its feminine form to match the gender of the noun) and noite means "night". Because it is a compound word, it is connected with a hyphen.
Why does não come right before bebo?
Could I leave the word eu out of this sentence?