Word
Dói-me o pescoço quando trabalho muito.
Meaning
My neck hurts when I work a lot.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Dói-me o pescoço quando trabalho muito.
muito
much / very
trabalhar
to work
quando
when
doer
to hurt
Questions & Answers about Dói-me o pescoço quando trabalho muito.
Why does the sentence use Dói-me instead of translating "my neck hurts" directly?
Why is it o pescoço (the neck) instead of o meu pescoço (my neck)?
In Portuguese, you generally use definite articles like o or a (the) for body parts instead of possessive words like meu (my). Since you already said me (to me) earlier in the sentence, it is already perfectly clear whose neck is hurting!
Why is the pronoun attached with a hyphen in Dói-me?
In European Portuguese, sentences cannot start with an object pronoun like me. Because the verb is the very first word in the sentence, the pronoun must attach to the end of it using a hyphen.
I know muito can sometimes change to muita or muitos. Why does it stay as muito here?