Word
O pacote chegou na quarta-feira e ela deu-no-lo.
Meaning
The package arrived on Wednesday and she gave it to us.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Breakdown of O pacote chegou na quarta-feira e ela deu-no-lo.
e
and
ela
she
em
in / on / at
a quarta-feira
the Wednesday
Questions & Answers about O pacote chegou na quarta-feira e ela deu-no-lo.
How do we get no-lo at the end of the sentence?
no-lo is a contraction of the indirect object pronoun nos (to us) and the direct object pronoun o (it, referring back to the masculine noun o pacote). When nos combines with o, the s from nos is dropped and an l is added to the o, creating no-lo.
Why are there two hyphens in deu-no-lo?
In European Portuguese, affirmative pronouns are usually attached to the end of the verb with a hyphen. Since we are attaching the contracted pronoun no-lo, it connects to the verb deu with a first hyphen, and keeps its own second hyphen.
Why do we use na before quarta-feira instead of just em?
na is the contraction of the preposition em (in/on/at) and the feminine word for "the" (a). Unlike English which just uses "on", Portuguese requires em plus a definite article when talking about things happening on a specific day of the week, so "on Wednesday" literally translates to "on the Wednesday" (na quarta-feira).
What verb does deu come from?