Questions & Answers about Daqui vejo a praia toda.
Why does the translation use 'can see' when vejo just means 'I see'?
In English, we often add 'can' to verbs related to the senses, like 'can see' or 'can hear'. In Portuguese, you rarely need to add the verb poder (can) for this. The simple present tense vejo (I see) perfectly expresses that you are able to see the beach.
How is the word daqui formed?
Daqui is a mandatory contraction of the preposition de (from) and the word aqui (here). Whenever you want to say 'from here' in Portuguese, you will squish these two words together into daqui.
Why isn't the word eu (I) in the Portuguese sentence?
Why is toda placed after a praia instead of before it?
To say 'the whole' or 'the entire' of a specific thing, it is very natural in spoken Portuguese to place todo or toda after the noun. So, a praia toda means 'the whole beach'. You might also see toda a praia, which means the exact same thing, but placing it after the noun is extremely common in everyday conversation.
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