Wendung · 📖 Telling a story
Por sorte, tinha um posto de gasolina ali perto.
Luckily, there was a petrol station nearby.
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Warum jedes Wort dort steht, wo es steht
Por1PräpositionbysorteNomenluckfem. · Sg.,tinha2Verbthere waster · Imperfekt · 3. Pers. Sg.umBegleiteramask. · Sg. · unbestimmtposto3Nomenstationmask. · Sg.dePräpositionofgasolinaNomenpetrolfem. · Sg.aliAdverbtherepertoAdverbnear.
- Por → sorte: preposition
- tinha → posto: object
- ali → perto: modifier
Wörtlich: “By luck, (it) had a post of petrol there near.”
Warum sie so gebaut ist
Die Hinweise passen zu den Nummern oben.
- 1Por sorte = luckily: por for cause or chance. Por vs para: the full system →
- 2tinha = there was (spoken); writing uses havia. It stays singular, even for plural things. Existential tem (speech) vs há (writing) →
- 3posto de gasolina = petrol station, often just posto.
Varianten
- Por sorte, havia um posto de gasolina ali perto.
- Ainda bem que tinha um posto ali perto.
- Felizmente, tinha um posto pertinho.