Breakdown of Nós nunca vamos deixar de ter uma dieta saudável.
nós
we
ter
to have
um
a / an / some (all forms)
ir
to go
nunca
never
deixar
to leave (behind) / to quit / to let (allow)
a dieta
the diet
saudável
healthy
Questions & Answers about Nós nunca vamos deixar de ter uma dieta saudável.
How does deixar de work in this sentence?
The phrase deixar de followed by an infinitive verb means 'to stop doing' something. In this sentence, the infinitive is ter (to have), making deixar de ter mean 'to stop having'.
Why are there three verbs in a row (vamos deixar de ter)?
This sentence combines two structures. First, the verb ir + infinitive expresses the future tense (vamos deixar means 'we are going to stop'). Second, our new structure deixar de + infinitive explains what we are stopping (deixar de ter means 'to stop having'). Only the first verb, vamos, is conjugated; the rest stay in the infinitive.
Why isn't there a não before the verb to make it negative?
Does the adjective saudável change depending on gender?
No, adjectives ending in -l usually have only one form for both masculine and feminine nouns. Even though dieta is feminine, saudável would look exactly the same if it were describing a masculine noun.
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