Breakdown of Vocês descobrirão a verdade no espaço.
vocês
you (pl)
no
in the / on the / at the (m, f, pl forms: na, nos, nas)
a verdade
the truth
descobrir
to discover
o espaço
the space
Questions & Answers about Vocês descobrirão a verdade no espaço.
How do we form the future tense in descobrirão?
How can I tell the difference between the future and past tense forms of this verb? Don't they sound similar?
They do look and sound similar, but the stress is different! The future tense is descobrirão, and the tilde over the a tells you to stress that final nasal syllable. The past tense is descobriram, which ends in -am and has the stress on the second-to-last syllable (-bri-). Emphasizing that final -ão is crucial so people know you are talking about the future.
Could I leave out Vocês and just say Descobrirão a verdade no espaço?
Yes, you can drop the pronoun. However, because the vocês (you, plural) and eles/elas (they) forms always share the exact same verb conjugation, dropping Vocês means the sentence could translate to either "You will discover..." or "They will discover...". Keeping Vocês here guarantees there is no confusion.
Why does the sentence use no espaço instead of just em espaço for "in space"?
While English just says "in space" without the word "the", Portuguese usually requires a definite article alongside the preposition em (in/on/at) for locations. Here, em merges with the masculine singular article o to create the contraction no (in the).
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