Phrase · ✈️ Travel problems
Desculpa, acho que você está sentado no meu lugar.
Sorry, I think you’re in my seat.
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Why every word is where it is
Desculpa1interjectionsorry,acho2verbI thinkachar · present · 1st sing.queconjunctionthatvocêpronounyou3rd sing. · subjectestá3verbareestar · present · 3rd sing.sentado3verbsittingsentar · participle · masc. · sing.noprepositionin theem · masc. · sing. · definitemeudeterminermy1st sing.lugarnounseatmasc. · sing..
- você → está: subject
- está → sentado: periphrasis
- você → sentado: agreement
- meu → lugar: agreement
Word for word: “Sorry, (I) think that you are seated in-the my place.”
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Desculpa = sorry, to get attention or apologise. To get past someone: com licença.
- 2acho que + indicative = I think; it softens what you say. Subjunctive after doubt, denial & impersonal expressions →
- 3estar sentado = to be sitting (a state): estar + participle. To a woman: sentada. Passive voice with ser (and estar / ficar + participle) →
Variations
- Com licença, acho que esse é o meu lugar.
- Desculpa, acho que você está sentada no meu lugar.
- Acho que esse lugar é meu.