Breakdown of Não te damos acesso à pasta.
não
not / no
a
to / at (direction)
te
you (informal object)
dar
to give
o acesso
the access
a pasta
the folder
Questions & Answers about Não te damos acesso à pasta.
Why is the pronoun te placed before the verb damos here?
How do we know who is giving and who is receiving if the word 'nós' (we) isn't there?
The ending of the verb damos (we give) already tells us the subject is nós (we), so it is naturally dropped. The word te is an indirect object pronoun that means 'to you' (informal singular), showing who receives the action.
Why is there a backwards accent on à in à pasta?
The noun acesso (access) is followed by the preposition a (to). The word pasta (folder) is feminine, so it uses the article a (the). When you combine the preposition a and the article a, they merge into à (to the). The grave accent shows this contraction happened.
Does pasta mean the food 'pasta' here?
No, this is a common false friend! In Portuguese, pasta means folder (like on a computer or for physical papers), briefcase, or paste (like pasta de dentes for toothpaste). If you want to eat pasta, you would ask for massa.
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