Phrase · 👕 Clothes & sizes

Posso experimentar essa calça?

Can I try on these trousers?

A2asking to try something onAudio · bientôt disponible

Pourquoi chaque mot est à sa place

Posso1verbecan Ipoder · présent · 1re pers. sing.experimentar2verbetry oninfinitifessa3déterminantthis, thatesse · fém. · sing.calça3nomtrousersfém. · sing.?

Posso → experimentar: poder + infinitive
experimentar → calça: object of experimentar
essa → calça: fem. sing.

Pourquoi elle est construite ainsi

Les notes correspondent aux numéros ci-dessus.

1
Posso: irregular 1st person of poder. Posso…? asks for permission. Verb + infinitive: querer, poder, precisar, saber, dever, conseguir →
2
experimentar = to try on (clothes) or try (food). No pronoun needed, unlike Spanish probarse.
3
calça (trousers) is singular and feminine: essa calça. Spoken Brazilian uses esse/essa for things near you too. Demonstratives & place adverbs →

Variantes

Posso provar essa calça?
Posso experimentar essa aqui?
Onde fica o provador?