Brazilian Portuguese Grammar

Predicado verbo-nominal

Predicado verbo-nominal is the kind of predicate composed of transitive verbs and objects, or intransitive verbs and eventual adverbials, and subject or object complements - predicativo do sujeito and predicativo do objeto, respectively.

Example

Analysis

Ele nasceu rico.

He was born rich.

nasceu rico = predicado verbo-nominal

nasceu = verbo intransitivo

rico = predicativo do sujeito

Os cidadãos brasileiros o elegeram presidente.

The Brazilian citizens elected him president.

o elegeram presidente = predicado verbo-nominal

elegeram = verbo transitivo direto

o = objeto direto

presidente = predicativo do objeto

Adjunto adnominal & adjunto adverbial

Adjunto adnominal (determiners and quantifiers) is the name given to words, phrases or clauses that determine or qualify nouns. They can be expressed by the following parts of speech:

Definite and indefinite articles;
Adjectives;
Adjective phrases (locuções adjetivas), usually formed by a preposition + noun;
Numbers (numerais);
Possessive adjectives (pronomes possessivos adjetivos);
Indefinite adjectives (pronomes indefinidos adjetivos);
Interrogative adjectives (pronomes interrogativos adjetivos);
Demonstrative adjective (pronomes demonstrativos adjetivos);
Adjective clauses (orações subordinadas adjetivas).

Moreover, the adjunto adnominal is always a component of the:

Subject (sujeito);
Predicate (predicado), where it comes near the head (núcleo) of the verb complement (objeto direto or objeto indireto).

The adjunto adnominal is just like a satellite: it revolves around the head (núcleo) of the subject or around the head of the verb complement.

Adjuntos adverbiais (adverbials) are adverbs and adverb phrases that modify verbs and adjectives by expressing circumstances of time, place, frequency, degree, etc.