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Phrase · 📖 Telling a story

Aí eu fiquei sem saber o que fazer.

Then I didn’t know what to do.

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Why every word is where it is

Aí1adverbtheneupronounI1st sing. · subjectfiquei2verbI was leftficar · past · 1st sing.semprepositionwithoutsaberverbknowinginfinitiveo que3pronounwhatfazerverbto doinfinitive.
  • eu → fiquei: subject
  • fiquei → sem: governs
  • fazer → o que: object

Word for word: “Then I stayed without knowing what to-do.”

Why it's built this way

The notes match the numbers above.

  1. 1
    Aí = "then, so" when telling a story, not only "there". Linking words II →
  2. 2
    fiquei: ficar = to end up (in a state). No reflexive: not me fiquei. ficar: stay, become, be located →
  3. 3
    o que = what. Spanish qué is o que here.

Variations

  • Aí eu não sabia o que fazer.
  • Fiquei sem saber o que fazer.
  • Na hora, fiquei sem reação.