Phrase · 🤲 Favours & requests
Me empresta o carregador rapidinho?
Can I borrow your charger for a sec?
A2asking to borrow somethingfamilierpt-BR-spAudio · bientôt disponible
Pourquoi chaque mot est à sa place
Me1pronom complémentme, to me1re pers. sing. · COIempresta2verbelendemprestar · présent · 3e pers. sing.odéterminantthemasc. · sing. · définicarregadornomchargermasc. · sing.rapidinho3adverbefor a sec?
- Me → empresta: me: indirect object, before the verb
- empresta → carregador: object of empresta
- o → carregador: masc. sing.
Mot à mot : “Me lend the charger real quick?”
Pourquoi elle est construite ainsi
Les notes correspondent aux numéros ci-dessus.
- 1Me first: spoken Brazilian happily starts a sentence with the pronoun. Formal writing would have Empresta-me. Object pronouns as spoken →
- 2empresta: a present-tense question works as a casual request. Emprestar = lend. Imperative & polite requests →
- 3rapidinho softens the favour: it will only take a moment. Diminutives (-inho/-zinho) →
Variantes
- Você me empresta o carregador?
- Pode me emprestar o carregador rapidinho?
- Me empresta seu carregador?