Breakdown of Não preciso do teu bilhete.
não
not / no
teu
your (informal, m/f/pl: teu, tua, teus, tuas)
precisar de
to need
o bilhete
the ticket
Questions & Answers about Não preciso do teu bilhete.
Where is the word for "I" in this sentence?
Why does the sentence use do instead of just de after the verb?
The verb precisar (to need) requires the preposition de. However, in European Portuguese, we almost always put a "the" (definite article) before possessive words like teu. When de meets o (the masculine "the"), they combine to form the contraction do.
Wait, why is there a "the" before "your"? In English we just say "your ticket".
That is a common pattern in European Portuguese! Before possessive words like teu (your), you usually include the definite article. Since bilhete is a masculine word, we use o, giving us o teu bilhete (literally "the your ticket"). Combined with the de from precisar, it becomes do teu bilhete.
Why is it teu and not tua?
Possessive words must match the gender of the object being owned, not the gender of the owner. Because bilhete (ticket) is a masculine word, you must use the masculine form teu. If you were talking about a feminine object like chave (key), you would use tua.
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