フレーズ · 📖 Telling a story

Por sorte, tinha um posto de gasolina ali perto.

Luckily, there was a petrol station nearby.

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それぞれの単語がその位置にある理由

Por1前置詞bysorte名詞luck女性 · 単数,tinha2動詞there waster · 線過去 · 3人称単数um限定詞a男性 · 単数 · 不定posto3名詞station男性 · 単数de前置詞ofgasolina名詞petrol女性 · 単数ali副詞thereperto副詞near.

Por → sorte: preposition
tinha → posto: object
ali → perto: modifier

直訳： “By luck, (it) had a post of petrol there near.”

この形になる理由

注の番号は上の番号に対応しています。

1
Por sorte = luckily: por for cause or chance. Por vs para: the full system →
2
tinha = there was (spoken); writing uses havia. It stays singular, even for plural things. Existential tem (speech) vs há (writing) →
3
posto de gasolina = petrol station, often just posto.

言い換え表現

Por sorte, havia um posto de gasolina ali perto.
Ainda bem que tinha um posto ali perto.
Felizmente, tinha um posto pertinho.