Breakdown of Não pude ir à entrevista de metro.
não
not / no
de
of / from / by (means of transport) / wearing (attire)
a
to / at (direction)
ir
to go
o metro
the subway
poder
can / may (verb)
a entrevista
the interview
Questions & Answers about Não pude ir à entrevista de metro.
Why is it pude instead of a regular past tense ending?
Pude is the 'I' form (eu) of the irregular verb poder (can/to be able to) in the simple past tense. Because it is highly irregular, its root changes to pud-, making the 'I' form pude rather than following the normal rules for -er verbs.
Why is the verb ir not conjugated here?
What does the accent on the 'a' in à entrevista mean?
The grave accent shows a contraction. The verb ir requires the preposition a (to) for destinations. Since entrevista is a feminine word, it takes the definite article a (the). Instead of saying a a, Portuguese merges them into à (to the).
Why do we say de metro to mean 'by subway'?
In Portuguese, the preposition de is used to indicate the means of transportation. You will see this with almost all vehicles, such as de carro (by car), de autocarro (by bus), and de metro (by subway).
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