Breakdown of O bebé toma banho na banheira.
na
in the / on the / at the (f.sg)
tomar banho
to have a bath
o bebé
the baby
a banheira
the bathtub
Questions & Answers about O bebé toma banho na banheira.
Why do we use toma banho instead of a single verb for bathing?
Why does the sentence use na banheira instead of em banheira?
na is the mandatory contraction of the preposition em (in) and the feminine definite article a (the). Because we are talking about a specific bathtub, we must combine em and a into na to mean in the.
What does the accent mark on bebé do?
The acute accent tells you to stress the final syllable and gives that vowel an open sound, similar to the e in the English word pet. You might also notice this spelling is specific to Portugal, whereas Brazilian Portuguese uses a circumflex to make it bebê.
Is there a connection between the words banho and banheira?
Yes! banho means bath, and the suffix -eira is frequently added to a root word to name an object or container associated with it. Therefore, a banheira is the specific object used for a banho.
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