Word
Temos de convidar as mulheres. Elas podem almoçar connosco.
Meaning
We have to invite the women. They can have lunch with us.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Breakdown of Temos de convidar as mulheres. Elas podem almoçar connosco.
elas
they (f)
a mulher
the woman
poder
can / may (verb)
ter de
to have to
Questions & Answers about Temos de convidar as mulheres. Elas podem almoçar connosco.
Why is "with us" written as one word, connosco?
In Portuguese, when the preposition com (with) is combined with certain pronouns, it merges into a special single word. Here, com combined with nós (us) becomes connosco. Notice that in European Portuguese it is spelled with a double 'n' (connosco), which is different from the single 'n' spelling used in Brazil.
Why is there a de after temos?
In English we say "have lunch" (two words), but here it's just one word. How does that work?
Why aren't convidar and almoçar conjugated here?
Both of these verbs follow other verbs that have already been conjugated to match the subject: temos (we have) and podem (they can). When you pair verbs together like this, the second verb stays in its raw infinitive (dictionary) form.