Breakdown of Vocês gostam da música portuguesa?
português
Portuguese
vocês
you (pl)
gostar de
to like
a música
the music
Questions & Answers about Vocês gostam da música portuguesa?
Why is it da instead of just de after the verb?
The verb gostar (to like) always needs the preposition de. However, in Portuguese, we usually include the word for "the" before general concepts like music. So, we combine de + a (the feminine "the" for música) to get the contraction da.
Why is the verb conjugated as gostam?
The subject of the sentence is Vocês, which is the plural "you" (like "you all"). In Portuguese, vocês shares the exact same verb conjugation as "they" (eles or elas). For regular verbs ending in -ar, we drop the -ar and add -am, making it gostam.
Why does portuguesa come after música?
In English, adjectives usually come before the noun. In Portuguese, descriptive adjectives and nationalities almost always come after the noun they describe. Also, notice that portuguesa ends in an "a" to match the feminine noun música.
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