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Quero carne grelhada com salada.

Quero carne grelhada com salada.
I want grilled meat with salad.
From Lesson 161:No restaurante (a ementa, o empregado de mesa)·Portuguese (Portugal)

Breakdown of Quero carne grelhada com salada.

com
with
a carne
the meat
querer
to want
a salada
the salad
grelhado
grilled

Questions & Answers about Quero carne grelhada com salada.

Why doesn't the sentence start with Eu?
In Portuguese, the verb ending usually tells you who is doing the action. Quero is the "I" form of querer (to want), so adding Eu is optional and typically left out unless you want to emphasize it.
Why is it carne grelhada instead of grelhada carne?
In Portuguese, descriptive words (adjectives) almost always come after the noun they describe. Also, because carne is a feminine noun, the adjective must match it, changing from grelhado to grelhada.
Why isn't there a word for "the" or "some" before carne or salada?
Just like in English, when you are talking about an unspecified amount of something general like meat or salad, you do not need to use an article. You can just say carne instead of a carne or uma carne.
Does carne mean beef specifically, or just any meat?
Carne translates simply to meat in general. If you wanted to specify beef, you would say carne de vaca. For pork, it would be carne de porco.

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