Word
Eles voltam à piscina no fim de semana.
Meaning
They return to the swimming pool at the weekend.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Eles voltam à piscina no fim de semana.
eles
they (m)
em
in / on / at
à
at the (fem. sg.) / to the (fem. sg.)
voltar
to return
Questions & Answers about Eles voltam à piscina no fim de semana.
Why is there a backwards accent on à in à piscina?
This is the focus of your current lesson! It shows the contraction of the preposition a (to) and the feminine definite article a (the). Because piscina (swimming pool) is feminine, we combine a + a to say 'to the'. The accent mark shows that two as have merged into à.
Why does the sentence use no for 'at the' weekend?
no is a contraction from an earlier lesson: the preposition em (in/on/at) plus the masculine article o (the). In Portuguese, time expressions like weekends use em. Since fim de semana is masculine, em + o becomes no.
Does voltam mean 'go' or 'return'?
How does fim de semana translate to 'weekend'?