Phrase · 🥗 Health & habits
Café à noite me tira o sono.
Coffee at night keeps me awake.
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Why every word is where it is
Café1nouncoffeemasc. · sing.à noite2adverbat nightmeobject pronounmeeu · 1st sing. · indirect objecttira3verbtakes awaytirar · present · 3rd sing.odeterminerthemasc. · sing. · definitesono3nounsleepmasc. · sing..
- Café → tira: subject
- tira → me: object
- tira → sono: object
- à noite → Café: modifier
Word for word: “Coffee at-the night me takes-away the sleep.”
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1General statements can drop the article: Café à noite = coffee (in general) at night. Definite & indefinite articles →
- 2à noite = at night. The grave accent marks a + a.
- 3tirar o sono = to keep someone awake (literally, take sleep away).
Variations
- Se eu tomar café à noite, não durmo.
- Café de noite me deixa sem sono.
- Não tomo café à noite porque perco o sono.