Breakdown of Nós não gostamos das nossas profissões.
não
not / no
nós
we
nosso
our (m/f/pl: nosso, nossa, nossos, nossas)
a
to / at (direction)
Questions & Answers about Nós não gostamos das nossas profissões.
Why does the plural of profissão end in -ões instead of -ãos or -ães?
While words ending in -ão can take three different plural forms, -ões is the most common. There is no absolute rule to memorize them all, but a helpful trick is that Portuguese words ending in -ão that translate to English words ending in "-tion" or "-ssion" (like profession/profissão) almost always form their plural with -ões.
Why is the word das in this sentence? English just says "our professions".
The verb gostar (to like) always requires the preposition de (of) after it. In Portuguese, possessives are usually preceded by "the" (a or as for feminine words). When de (of) meets as (the plural "the"), they combine into the contraction das. You are literally saying "We do not like of the our professions."
How do I know to use the feminine nossas for profissões when the singular ends in an -o sound?
Do I have to include nós at the beginning of the sentence?