Breakdown of Quero conhecer o teu amigo.
o amigo
the friend (m)
teu
your (informal, m/f/pl: teu, tua, teus, tuas)
querer
to want
conhecer
to meet / to get to know / discover
Questions & Answers about Quero conhecer o teu amigo.
Why is the second verb, conhecer, left in its infinitive (dictionary) form?
I thought conhecer meant "to know". Why is it translated as "to meet" here?
Conhecer generally means "to know" when talking about being familiar with people or places. However, when you are talking about getting to know a person for the first time, it translates as "to meet". If you wanted to say you are meeting up with a friend you already know, you would use a different verb, encontrar.
Why is there an o before teu amigo? Doesn't teu already mean "your"?
Yes, teu means "your". But in European Portuguese, you almost always put a definite article (o, a, os, as - meaning "the") before a possessive word. Because amigo is a masculine singular noun, we use o teu amigo (literally: "the your friend").
Where is the word for "I" in this sentence?
In Portuguese, you often drop the subject pronoun (eu for "I") because the verb itself already tells you who is doing the action. The -o ending in Quero makes it perfectly clear that "I" am the one who wants something. You could say Eu quero, but just dropping the eu is very natural and common.
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