Breakdown of Parabéns pelo teu casamento!
teu
your (informal, m/f/pl: teu, tua, teus, tuas)
por
through / by / for / because of
parabéns
congratulations
o casamento
the wedding
Questions & Answers about Parabéns pelo teu casamento!
Why does this sentence use pelo to mean "on"?
In Portuguese, the set phrase for "congratulations on" is parabéns por. Here, the preposition por combines with the masculine definite article o to make the contraction pelo.
Why do we need the word "the" (o, hidden inside pelo) before "your" (teu)?
In European Portuguese, it is the standard rule to put a definite article (o or a) before a possessive pronoun. Since casamento is masculine, we say o teu casamento. When the preposition por is added in front of it, they merge to become pelo teu casamento.
Is parabéns plural, and does it change if I am congratulating just one person?