Phrase · 🔑 Renting & home problems
Tá faltando água no prédio desde ontem.
There’s been no water in the building since yesterday.
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Pourquoi chaque mot est à sa place
Tá1verbeisestar · présent · 3e pers. sing.faltando1verbelackingfaltar · gérondifágua2nomwaterfém. · sing.noprépositionin theem · masc. · sing. · définiprédionombuildingmasc. · sing.desde3prépositionsinceontemadverbeyesterday.
- Tá → faltando: periphrasis
- água → Tá: subject
- desde → ontem: preposition
Mot à mot : “(It)’s lacking water in-the building since yesterday.”
Pourquoi elle est construite ainsi
Les notes correspondent aux numéros ci-dessus.
- 1Tá faltando = está faltando: there’s no water right now. The subject (água) follows. estar + gerund (progressive) →
- 2a água is feminine and keeps the article a: a água fria. Definite & indefinite articles →
- 3desde ontem = since yesterday, with the present for something still going on. Time expressions: faz/há, desde, atrás, já, ainda →
Variantes
- Está faltando água no prédio desde ontem.
- Desde ontem a gente tá sem água.
- Cortaram a água do prédio.