Phrase · 🥗 Health & habits

Fui ao pronto-socorro de madrugada.

I went to the ER in the middle of the night.

B1telling what happenedAudio · bientôt disponible

Pourquoi chaque mot est à sa place

Fui1verbeI wentir · passé · 1re pers. sing.ao2prépositionto thea · masc. · sing. · définipronto-socorro2nomERmasc. · sing.de madrugada3adverbein the small hours.

Fui → ao: preposition
ao → pronto-socorro: contraction
de madrugada → Fui: modifier

Mot à mot : “(I) went to-the ready-help of dawn.”

Pourquoi elle est construite ainsi

Les notes correspondent aux numéros ci-dessus.

1
Fui: past of ir (and of ser), same as Spanish fui. Pretérito perfeito: irregular verbs →
2
o pronto-socorro = A&E. Speech also says fui no pronto-socorro. Contractions: preposition + article/pronoun →
3
de madrugada = between midnight and dawn.

Variantes

Tive que ir ao pronto-socorro de madrugada.
Fui parar no pronto-socorro de madrugada.
Fui para a emergência de madrugada.