Breakdown of Visto-me sempre rápido de manhã.
sempre
always
rápido
fast
de manhã
in the morning
vestir-se
to get dressed
Questions & Answers about Visto-me sempre rápido de manhã.
Why is it visto-me and not "vesto-me"?
The verb here is vestir-se (to get dressed). It has a stem change in the present tense: the e in the stem changes to an i, but only in the "I" (eu) form. That's why it is visto-me. The other forms keep the e (like tu vestes-te and ele veste-se).
Why is the -me attached to the end of the verb instead of coming before it?
When a sentence starts directly with a verb, European Portuguese rules say the pronoun cannot go at the very beginning. Instead, it must attach to the end of the verb with a hyphen, making it visto-me. If the sentence started with a negative word like não, the pronoun would be pulled to the front (like não me visto).
I thought rápido meant "fast". Why aren't we using rapidamente for "quickly"?
Why do we say de manhã instead of na manhã?
To say "in the morning", "in the afternoon", or "at night" when talking about the general time of day a routine happens, Portuguese uses the preposition de. So you will almost always hear the fixed phrases de manhã, de tarde, and de noite.
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