Breakdown of Os teus filhos tiram o lixo de manhã? Sim, tiram-no.
sim
yes
teu
your (informal, m/f/pl: teu, tua, teus, tuas)
o filho
the son
tirar
to take
de manhã
in the morning
-no
him / it (m, after nasal sound)
o lixo
the trash
Questions & Answers about Os teus filhos tiram o lixo de manhã? Sim, tiram-no.
Why is it tiram-no instead of tiram-o?
The verb tiram ends in a nasal sound (the letter -m). When we attach a direct object pronoun like o (meaning "it", replacing the masculine word o lixo) to a verb that ends in a nasal sound (such as -m, -ão, or -õe), the pronoun changes to start with an n. Therefore, o becomes -no.
Does tirar always mean "to take out"?
Why do we say de manhã instead of na manhã for "in the morning"?
To talk about the general part of the day when a routine action happens, Portuguese uses the preposition de. You will use this same pattern for the other parts of the day: de manhã (in the morning), de tarde (in the afternoon), and de noite (at night).
Why is there an Os before teus filhos?
In European Portuguese, it is standard grammar to put a definite article (o, a, os, as) before a possessive word. Because filhos is masculine and plural, we must use Os before teus.
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