Breakdown of Tu atendeste o telefone no escritório?
tu
you
no
in the / on the / at the (m, f, pl forms: na, nos, nas)
o escritório
the office
atender
to answer
o telefone
the telephone
Questions & Answers about Tu atendeste o telefone no escritório?
Why does the verb atendeste end in -este?
Atendeste is the past tense form of the regular verb atender for tu (informal "you"). To make the simple past tense for regular verbs ending in -er, you drop the -er and add -este for the tu form.
Atender looks like the English word "attend". Do they mean the same thing?
No, they are false friends! In Portuguese, atender usually means "to answer" (like a phone or a door) or "to serve" (a customer). If you want to say "to attend" a meeting or a class, you would use a different verb, like assistir.
Can I leave out the word Tu in this sentence?
Why does the sentence use no before escritório?
No is a mandatory contraction of the preposition em (in) and the masculine word for "the", which is o. Since escritório is a masculine word, em + o combine to make no (in the).
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