Breakdown of Tenho quinhentos euros para as férias.
ter
to have
o euro
the euro
para
to / for
as férias
the holidays
quinhentos
five hundred
Questions & Answers about Tenho quinhentos euros para as férias.
Why isn't there a word for "I" before Tenho?
In Portuguese, you often drop the subject pronoun (like eu for "I") because the verb ending already tells you who is doing the action. Tenho only ever means "I have", so the eu is optional and usually left out to sound more natural.
Does the number quinhentos (five hundred) change depending on what I am counting?
Yes! Unlike in English, Portuguese numbers from 200 to 900 change their endings to match whether the word they describe is masculine or feminine. Because euros is masculine, it is quinhentos. If you were counting a feminine word, like moedas (coins), it would be quinhentas.
Why is it para as férias instead of just para férias?
In Portuguese, it is very common to include the definite article (words like o, a, os, as meaning "the") before nouns. Since férias is feminine and plural, we use as. Together with para, it means "for the holidays".
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