Breakdown of Eles precisam de ajuda no hospital.
eles
they (m)
em
in / on / at
o hospital
the hospital
precisar de
to need
Questions & Answers about Eles precisam de ajuda no hospital.
Why is there a de after precisam? The English translation doesn't say "need of help".
In Portuguese, when you use the verb precisar (to need) followed by a noun like ajuda (help), you must connect them with the preposition de. You can think of it as saying "they have need of help".
Is ajuda a noun or a verb in this sentence?
Why does the sentence use no for "at the"?
no is a contraction. It combines the preposition em (in/on/at) and the masculine word for "the" (o) into a single word. Because hospital is a masculine noun, we use no to say "at the hospital".