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It's common to use questions like those in Brazil.
You say "E os pássaros?", meaning "And the birds?? Where are they?" (the second sentence is an implicit idea)
"E os meninos?" (And the boys? How are they doing?)
Of course the context is most important.
This is a thing in English too, but that style of speech and the necessity of reading into the implied extra sentence is a bit too complicated when we're still learning very basic grammar.
the speaker did not use the interrogative voice when saying the phrase. that is, she did not sound like she was asking a question
Thanks. That's a slight difference from other languages I wanted to understand. I suppose one would say 'Os pássaros tambem.'
This should be "São os pássaros", right? Since the subject is plural? I mean, it's a sentence fragment either way, but conjugation is important.
Yes, I realized that after I made my comment. Still a sentence fragment, but that's what you'll get when you only know 20 words.
