Word
Podemos trazer uma bebida para a festa?
Meaning
Can we bring a drink to the party?
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Podemos trazer uma bebida para a festa?
um
a / an / some (all forms)
a festa
the party
para
to / for
poder
can / may (verb)
Questions & Answers about Podemos trazer uma bebida para a festa?
Why does the sentence start with podemos instead of a word for "we"?
In Portuguese, the verb ending usually tells you who is doing the action. Podemos comes from poder (can/may) and its ending means "we". Because of this, you don't need to add nós (we), though you can if you want to. Also, to make it a question like "can we?", you just use the normal word order and raise your voice at the end!
Why is trazer not changed to match "we"?
I know para means "to" or "for". Why is there an "a" after it?
Could I use levar instead of trazer for "to bring"?
It depends on who you are talking to! Trazer means bringing something to where the listener is (for example, if you are asking the party host). If you are talking to a friend and you are both traveling to the party together, you would use levar, which means taking something from here to another place.