As

Determiner

  crianças

Noun

  custam

Verb

  nove

9

Numeral

  meses

Noun

  de

Adposition

  doença

Noun

  e

Coordinating conjunction

  uma

Determiner

  vida

Noun

  inteira

Adjective

  de

Adposition

  convalescença

Noun

.

Children cost nine months of illness and a lifetime of convalescence.

Children cost nine months of illness and a lifetime of convalescence.