Breakdown of Tu queres recuperar o movimento do joelho?
tu
you
de
of / from / by (means of transport) / wearing (attire)
querer
to want
recuperar
to recover
o movimento
the movement
o joelho
the knee
Questions & Answers about Tu queres recuperar o movimento do joelho?
How would I use this lesson's topic (voltar a) to ask "Do you want to recover movement in your knee AGAIN?"
The English translation says "your knee", but I don't see the word teu (your) in the Portuguese sentence. Why?
In Portuguese, you generally don't use possessive words (like teu or meu) for body parts if it is already obvious who they belong to. Since you are asking Tu queres (Do you want), it is understood that it is your knee. Instead, Portuguese just uses the definite article, combining the preposition de (of) and o (the) to make do joelho (literally: of the knee).
The translation says movement IN the knee. Why does the Portuguese sentence use do (of the) instead of no (in the)?
While you technically could say o movimento no joelho (movement in the knee), it is much more natural in Portuguese to say o movimento do joelho (the movement of the knee). When talking about a joint's function or ability to move, Portuguese generally prefers the preposition de (of).
Why doesn't the verb recuperar (to recover) change its ending to match Tu?
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