Breakdown of Todos os dias bebo leite.
Questions & Answers about Todos os dias bebo leite.
Literally, does todos os dias mean "all the days"?
Yes! In Portuguese, the most common way to say "every day" is to say todos os dias (literally "all the days"). This phrase is a great way to answer a question that starts with Quando (When). Why is it os dias and not as dias, since dia ends in an "a"?
Even though most Portuguese words ending in "-a" are feminine, dia is an important exception. It is a masculine word, so it uses the masculine plural article os, and the word for "all" must also be in the masculine form, which is todos. How do we know who is drinking the milk if there is no word for "I"?
In Portuguese, you can usually leave out the subject pronoun (like eu for "I") because the ending of the verb already tells you who is doing the action. The verb ending in "-o" for bebo means it can only be "I" who is drinking. Why isn't there an article before leite? Shouldn't it be bebo o leite?
Because you are talking about milk in a general sense, not one specific glass or bottle of milk. Just like in English, when you speak generally about an uncountable noun like milk, coffee, or water, you leave the article out. Learn Todos os dias bebo leite and more in Portuguese
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