Wendung · 🙋 Introducing yourself
A senhora é daqui? — Sou, sim!
Are you from here, ma’am? — Yes, I am!
A1asking where someone is fromformellAudio · bald verfügbar
Warum jedes Wort dort steht, wo es steht
A1Begleitertheo · fem. · Sg. · bestimmtsenhora1Nomenyou (to a woman, polite)senhor · fem. · Sg.é1Verbareser · Präsens · 3. Pers. Sg.daqui2Adverbfrom herede + aqui?—Sou3VerbI amser · Präsens · 1. Pers. Sg.,sim3Adverbyes!
- A → senhora: agrees (f.)
- senhora → é: a senhora → 3sg
- é → daqui: ser de = be from
- Sou → é: echoes the verb
Wörtlich: “The lady is from-here? — (I) am, yes!”
Warum sie so gebaut ist
Die Hinweise passen zu den Nummern oben.
- 1a senhora = polite "you" to a woman, often an older one. It takes the 3sg verb é. Subject pronouns & the spoken person system →
- 2daqui = de + aqui, "from here", written as one word. Contractions: preposition + article/pronoun →
- 3Brazilians say yes by repeating the verb: Sou, sim (lit. I am, yes). Questions & question words (incl. cadê) →
Varianten
- O senhor é daqui?
- Você é daqui mesmo?
- Não, sou de Manaus.