Phrase · 📆 Making arrangements
Que tal a gente se encontrar às oito?
How about we meet at eight?
B1suggesting a timeAudio · coming soon
Why every word is where it is
Que tal1fixed phrasehow abouta gente2pronounwe3rd sing. · subjectse2object pronouneach other3rd sing. · direct objectencontrar3verbmeetinfinitive · 3rd sing.às4prepositionata · fem. · pl. · definiteoitodeterminereight?
- a gente → encontrar: subject
- se → a gente: refers to
- às → oito: preposition
Word for word: “What such we ourselves to-meet at-the eight?”
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Que tal + infinitive (or a noun) makes a suggestion.
- 2With a gente the reflexive is se (3rd person): a gente se encontra, not nos. Reflexive verbs & daily routine →
- 3The infinitive has its own subject, a gente: a personal infinitive. Personal infinitive I →
- 4às = a + as: clock times take the crase (às oito, à uma). Crase (à, às, àquele) →
Variations
- Que tal às oito?
- Vamos nos encontrar às oito?
- Bora se encontrar às oito?