What is the meaning of "pusemo-nos"?
Here is a sentence from O PRINCIPEZINHO
No entanto, pusemo-nos a caminho.
I cannot find word "pusemo" in dictionary.
Is is a variant of "pusemos" and "pusemos-nos" ?
What is the rule of omitting here?
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Answers · 8
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Pôr-se a caminho = começar a caminhar
Passado:
Eu pus, você pôs, nós pusemos, eles puseram
The key to understand what is going on: The reflexive of "we" is "nos" but if you have to write "we put ourselves" then it'd be redundant or weird to write: " pusemos-nos ", so that's why it is shortened in order to sound good "pusemo-nos"
mos-nos (weird)
mo-nos (okay)
It'll happen everytime you have this kind of construction!
We spoke for one hour:
Falamo-nos por uma hora
We hugged a lot before the departure:
Abraçamo-nos muito antes da partida
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pusemo-nos = pusemos-nos
FInal "s" in verbs are dropped when pronoun "nos" is attached.
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Sim, pusemo-nos e variante de escrita do preterito perfeito do verbo pôr na primeira pessoa do plural. ( pusemo(s)-nos), e a frase tem o sentido: começar a caminhar.
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Oi Park. Creio que nesse caso, apalavra esteja se referindo à "iniciar uma caminha", "cameçar a caminhar".
Ex: Nós fomos até a casa da vizinha. Logo depois, pusemo-nos a caminho...
It's very formal. Don't worry!
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