When to use it
Use it to say that some people have moved away, for example when someone knocks on the door looking for the old neighbours.
“They don't live here anymore.” · The sentence in English
"They don't live here anymore" is a negative sentence in the present. "Don't" is the auxiliary "do" with the short form of "not". The main verb "live" stays in its base form. "Anymore" at the end says that something that was true has stopped.
- They
- pronounpersonal pronoun, third person plural
- do
- auxiliary verbdo · tense: present · auxiliary that makes the negative with "n't"
- n't
- particleshort form of "not"
- live
- verblive · form: base form (infinitive without "to") · after "do" the verb keeps its base form
- here
- adverbadverb of place
- anymore
- adverbadverb; used with a negative to say something stopped
“Eles não moram mais aqui.” · The sentence in Portuguese
"Eles não moram mais aqui" puts the negation "não" right before the verb. "Moram" is the present of "morar" for "eles". "Mais" after a negative means "anymore", and "aqui" means here.
- Eles
- pronounpersonal pronoun: "they" (masculine or mixed group)
- não
- particlenegation word: "not"; it goes before the verb
- moram
- verbmorar · tense: present · mood: indicative · person: third · number: plural · "live"
- mais
- adverbadverb; with "não" it means "anymore"
- aqui
- adverbadverb of place: "here"
What changes from one language to the other · English × Portuguese
English needs the auxiliary "do" to make the negative; Portuguese just puts "não" before the verb. The idea of "anymore" is expressed in Portuguese with "não… mais". The word order is otherwise very close in the two languages.
Example conversation
— Os antigos moradores ainda moram aqui?
— Do the old residents still live here?
— Não, eles não moram mais aqui.
— No, they don't live here anymore.