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Prometo-te um conselho muito importante.

Prometo-te um conselho muito importante.
I promise you a very important piece of advice.
From Lesson 69:Pronoun placement with negatives and questions·Portuguese (Portugal)

Questions & Answers about Prometo-te um conselho muito importante.

Why is the pronoun -te attached to the end of the verb as Prometo-te?
In European Portuguese, pronoun objects like te (you) normally attach to the end of the verb with a hyphen when they are at the very beginning of an affirmative sentence. However, if there was a "magnet" word like não, it would pull the pronoun to the front, which is what you are learning now: Não te prometo (I don't promise you).
The English translation says "a piece of advice", but the Portuguese just says um conselho. Why?
In English, the word "advice" is uncountable, so we have to add "a piece of" to count it. In Portuguese, conselho is countable. You can simply say um conselho (one advice) or dois conselhos (two advices).
Where is the word for "I" (eu) in this sentence?
It is built right into the verb! The -o ending of prometo (from the verb prometer) tells us that the subject is "I". Because the verb makes it obvious who is speaking, the word eu is usually dropped.
Why do the words muito importante come after conselho?
In Portuguese, adjectives (describing words) like importante usually come after the noun they describe, unlike in English. The adverb muito (very) stays right in front of the adjective it is boosting. So "a very important piece of advice" becomes um conselho muito importante.

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