Phrase · 🙋 Introducing yourself
A senhora é daqui? — Sou, sim!
Are you from here, ma’am? — Yes, I am!
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Pourquoi chaque mot est à sa place
A1déterminanttheo · fém. · sing. · définisenhora1nomyou (to a woman, polite)senhor · fém. · sing.é1verbeareser · présent · 3e pers. sing.daqui2adverbefrom herede + aqui?—Sou3verbeI amser · présent · 1re pers. sing.,sim3adverbeyes!
- A → senhora: agrees (f.)
- senhora → é: a senhora → 3sg
- é → daqui: ser de = be from
- Sou → é: echoes the verb
Mot à mot : “The lady is from-here? — (I) am, yes!”
Pourquoi elle est construite ainsi
Les notes correspondent aux numéros ci-dessus.
- 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) →
Variantes
- O senhor é daqui?
- Você é daqui mesmo?
- Não, sou de Manaus.