Breakdown of O meu pai gosta do silêncio e não ouve ninguém.
e
and
não
not / no
o pai
the father / the parents
meu
my
Questions & Answers about O meu pai gosta do silêncio e não ouve ninguém.
Why does the sentence use não ouve ninguém instead of just não ouve alguém to mean "doesn't hear anyone"?
Why is it gosta do silêncio instead of just gosta silêncio?
The verb gostar (to like) always needs the preposition de (of) right after it. Also, Portuguese often uses definite articles like o (the) before abstract nouns like silêncio. When de and o meet, they merge into the contraction do.
Why is there an O at the very beginning of the sentence before meu pai?
In European Portuguese, you almost always put a definite article like o (the) before a possessive word like meu (my). So, it literally translates to "The my father," which is the natural way to say "My father."