Wendung · 📖 Telling a story
Quando eu era pequeno, passava as férias no sítio do meu avô.
When I was little, I used to spend the holidays at my grandpa’s farm.
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Warum jedes Wort dort steht, wo es steht
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- eu → era: subject
- eu → pequeno: agreement
- passava → férias: object
- meu → avô: agreement
Wörtlich: “When I was small, (I) spent the holidays in-the farm of-the my grandfather.”
Warum sie so gebaut ist
Die Hinweise passen zu den Nummern oben.
- 1era pequeno: ser in the imperfeito for how things were. A girl says pequena. Pretérito imperfeito →
- 2passava: imperfeito for a repeated habit in the past ("used to"). Perfeito vs imperfeito →
- 3as férias = holidays: always plural.
- 4sítio = a small country property in Brazil, not "site" or "place".
- 5do meu avô: an article before the possessive is common. Avô = grandpa, avó = grandma. Possessives & the dele/dela fix →
Varianten
- Quando eu era criança, passava as férias no sítio do meu avô.
- Quando eu era pequena, ia todo verão pra casa da minha avó.
- Na minha infância, eu passava as férias no interior.