Phrase · 🗺️ Regional speech

Cê pode me emprestar aquele trem de cortar unha?

Can you lend me that nail-clipper thingy?

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Pourquoi chaque mot est à sa place

Cê1pronomyouvocê · 3e pers. sing. · sujetpodeverbecanpoder · présent · 3e pers. sing.me2pronom complémentme1re pers. sing. · COIemprestar2verbelendinfinitifaqueledéterminantthatmasc. · sing.trem3nomthingmasc. · sing.de3prépositionforcortar3verbecuttinginfinitifunha3nomnailsfém. · sing.?

Cê → pode: subject–verb
me → emprestar: proclisis to infinitive
trem → unha: descriptive compound

Mot à mot : “Can you lend me that thing for cutting nail?”

Pourquoi elle est construite ainsi

Les notes correspondent aux numéros ci-dessus.

1
Cê = spoken você; opening a question with it sounds very mineiro. Subject pronouns & the spoken person system →
2
emprestar = "lend" (Spanish prestar); me goes before the infinitive. Object pronouns as spoken →
3
In Minas, trem stands in for any noun you can't recall: trem de cortar unha. Regional & social variation in grammar →

Variantes

Você pode me emprestar o cortador de unha?