Breakdown of Nós discutimos um projeto interessante na reunião.
nós
we
um
a / an / some (all forms)
na
in the / on the / at the (f.sg)
a reunião
the meeting
interessante
interesting
o projeto
the project
discutir
to discuss
Questions & Answers about Nós discutimos um projeto interessante na reunião.
Wait, isn't discutimos the present tense for "we discuss"?
It is actually both! For regular -ir verbs like discutir, the nós (we) form is exactly the same in the present tense and the simple past tense. You have to rely on context to know whether it means "we discuss" or "we discussed".
I thought discutir meant "to argue". Can it also mean "to discuss"?
Yes, it can mean both. Depending on the context, discutir can translate to a neutral "to discuss" (like going over a project in a meeting) or a heated "to argue".
Why is it um projeto interessante instead of um interessante projeto?
In Portuguese, descriptive adjectives usually come after the noun they describe. Also, notice that interessante ends in an -e. Adjectives ending in -e are neutral, meaning they use the exact same form for both masculine (like projeto) and feminine nouns.
Why do we use na to say "at the" meeting?
na is a contraction of the preposition em (which can mean in, on, or at) and the feminine word for "the", a. Because reunião is a feminine noun, we combine em + a to get na.
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