Breakdown of Hoje, almoçamos no bar.
no
in the / on the / at the (m, f, pl forms: na, nos, nas)
hoje
today
almoçar
to have lunch
o bar
the bar
Questions & Answers about Hoje, almoçamos no bar.
Why is "are having lunch" translated as just one word, almoçamos?
In English, we use the phrase "having lunch", but Portuguese has a specific verb just for this action: almoçar (to have lunch). Also, the Portuguese simple present tense can translate to either "we have lunch" or "we are having lunch" depending on the context.
Why isn't the word for "we" (nós) included in the sentence?
In Portuguese, you can usually drop subject pronouns like eu (I) or nós (we). Because the verb almoçamos ends in -amos, it already tells us exactly who is doing the action, making nós completely optional.
Why does the sentence use no instead of em for "at the"?
The word no is a mandatory combination of the preposition em (in/on/at) and the masculine word for "the", which is o. Because bar is a masculine noun, em + o squishes together to become no.
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