Breakdown of A aluna gosta muito de chocolate.
a aluna
the student (f)
muito
much / very
gostar de
to like
o chocolate
the chocolate
Questions & Answers about A aluna gosta muito de chocolate.
Why do we need the word de after gosta?
In Portuguese, the verb gostar (to like) must always be followed by the preposition de when you are stating what someone likes. It helps to think of it as saying the student is "fond of" chocolate.
Why is muito placed in the middle of the sentence instead of at the end?
I learned that Portuguese often uses "the" for general things. Why is it just de chocolate and not do chocolate?
While Portuguese does use definite articles for broad categories, uncountable substances like food and drinks often just use the plain preposition de after gostar. If the sentence used do chocolate (which is a mix of de + o), it would mean she likes a specific piece or brand of chocolate, rather than chocolate in general.
How do we know this student is female?
The noun for student is aluno for a male and aluna for a female. The feminine ending -a, along with the feminine word for "the" (A) at the start of the sentence, tells us this student is a girl.
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