Breakdown of Não sabemos o lugar aonde vamos nesta aventura espontânea.
não
not / no
em
in / on / at
ir
to go
este
this (este, esta, estes, estas)
saber
to know
o lugar
the place / the seat (in a venue)
aonde
where to
a aventura
the adventure
espontâneo
spontaneous
Questions & Answers about Não sabemos o lugar aonde vamos nesta aventura espontânea.
Why does this sentence use aonde instead of onde?
Aonde is a combination of the preposition a (to) and onde (where). We use it here because the verb vamos (we go / we are going) implies motion or direction towards a destination. If the sentence was about being stationary in a place, you would just use onde.
Could I say para onde instead of aonde here?
Why do we use nesta instead of em esta for 'in this'?
In Portuguese, the preposition em (in) must contract with demonstrative words like este or esta (this). So, em and esta always combine to become nesta. It is grammatically incorrect to leave them as two separate words in European Portuguese.
Why is vamos translated as 'we are going' rather than using a continuous form like estamos a ir?
In Portuguese, the simple present tense like vamos is frequently used to express actions happening right now or in the near future. While estamos a ir is grammatically correct for an action happening right this second, using the simple present is much more common and natural in everyday speech for this type of context.
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