Phrase · 🗺️ Regional speech

Mainha e painho vêm passar o Natal com a gente.

Mum and Dad are coming to spend Christmas with us.

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Why every word is where it is

Mainha1nounmumfem. · sing.econjunctionandpainho1noundadmasc. · sing.vêm2verbare comingvir · present · 3rd pl.passarverbspendinfinitiveodeterminerthemasc. · sing. · definiteNatalnounChristmascom3prepositionwitha3determiner(the)o · fem. · sing. · definitegente3nounusfem. · sing..

Mainha → vêm: subject–verb (plural)
vêm → passar: vir + infinitive
com → gente: com a gente

Why it's built this way

The notes match the numbers above.

1
mainha / painho = "mum / dad": affectionate forms typical of Bahia. Regional & social variation in grammar →
2
vêm (they come) has a circumflex; vem (he/she comes) doesn't.
3
com a gente = "with us": a gente = nós in speech. Subject pronouns & the spoken person system →

Variations

Mamãe e papai vêm passar o Natal com a gente.