Phrase · 🧸 Childhood memories

Eu adorava ver desenho animado de manhã.

I loved watching cartoons in the morning.

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Pourquoi chaque mot est à sa place

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eu → adorava: eu → -ava (1st sing.)
adorava → ver: adorar + infinitive
ver → desenho animado: object of ver
de → manhã: de manhã: in the morning

Mot à mot : “I adored to-see drawing animated in morning.”

Pourquoi elle est construite ainsi

Les notes correspondent aux numéros ci-dessus.

1
adorava = I loved: the subject is the person, as with gostar, and the infinitive follows directly. gostar de & expressing likes →
2
desenho animado (often just desenho) = cartoons; singular when you talk about the genre.
3
de manhã = in the morning, with de; but à tarde, à noite. Prepositions of place and time (basic) →

Variantes

Eu adorava assistir desenho de manhã.
De manhã eu sempre via desenho animado.
Eu adorava desenho animado.