Questions & Answers about Tenho sede e bebo a água.
Why does the sentence use Tenho instead of a Portuguese word for I am?
Where is the word for I in this sentence?
Why is it a água and not o água?
The word água (water) is a feminine noun in Portuguese. Because it is feminine, it uses the feminine definite article a (the) instead of the masculine article o.
How should I pronounce the word e (and) here?
In European Portuguese, the conjunction e (and) is pronounced like the ee in the English word see, rather than the eh sound you might expect.