Breakdown of Jogo futebol com os meus primos.
com
with
meu
my (m/f/pl: meu, minha, meus, minhas)
jogar
to play
o futebol
the football
o primo
the cousin (m)
Questions & Answers about Jogo futebol com os meus primos.
Why doesn't the sentence start with Eu (I)?
In Portuguese, you can usually leave out the subject pronoun (like eu, tu, or nós) because the verb ending already tells you who is doing the action. The ending -o in jogo makes it perfectly clear that "I" am the one playing.
Why is there an os before meus? Doesn't com meus primos mean "with my cousins"?
In European Portuguese, you almost always need a definite article (like o, a, os, or as) before a possessive word. Since primos is masculine and plural, you use os. So, you literally say "with the my cousins" (com os meus primos).
Do I need an article before futebol, like "jogo o futebol"?
No, when talking about playing sports with the verb jogar, you do not use the definite article before the sport. You just say jogo futebol (I play football) or jogo ténis (I play tennis).
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