Phrase · 🔦 Emphasis & focus
Ele mora num casarão perto da praia.
He lives in a big old house near the beach.
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Why every word is where it is
Elepronounhe, him3rd sing.moraverblivesmorar · present · 3rd sing.numprepositionin aem + umcasarão1nounbig (old) housecasa · masc. · sing.pertoadverbnear (perto de)daprepositionof the, from thede + apraianounbeachfem. · sing..
- num → casarão: masculine
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1casarão = big (often old) house; num = em + um. Augmentatives & evaluative suffixes →