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Phrase · ✈️ Travel problems

Acabei de perder o ônibus; que horas sai o próximo?

I’ve just missed the bus; what time does the next one leave?

B1asking about the next departureAudio · coming soon

Why every word is where it is

Acabei1verbI have justacabar · past · 1st sing.de1preposition(just)perderverbmissedinfinitiveodeterminerthemasc. · sing. · definiteônibus2nounbusmasc. · sing.;que3determinerwhathoras3nountimehora · fem. · pl.saiverbleavessair · present · 3rd sing.odeterminerthemasc. · sing. · definitepróximoadjectivenext (one)masc. · sing.?
  • Acabei → perder: periphrasis
  • perder → ônibus: object
  • que → horas: modifier
  • próximo → sai: subject

Word for word: “(I) finished of to-lose the bus; what hours leaves the next?”

Why it's built this way

The notes match the numbers above.

  1. 1
    acabar de + infinitive = to have just done something. Brazilians use the perfeito: acabei de perder. Aspectual periphrases I: começar a, parar de, voltar a… →
  2. 2
    o ônibus = bus; the plural is the same: os ônibus. Noun gender & plural →
  3. 3
    que horas…? = what time…? No preposition at the start. Numbers, time, dates & prices →

Variations

  • Perdi o ônibus por um minuto!
  • Acabei de perder o ônibus; quando passa o próximo?
  • O próximo ônibus sai que horas?