Phrase · 🥗 Health & habits
Fui atendida rapidinho no posto de saúde.
They saw me really quickly at the health centre.
B1describing a visit to a clinicinformalAudio · coming soon
Why every word is where it is
Fui1verbI wasser · past · 1st sing.atendida1verbseen (attended to)atender · participle · fem. · sing.rapidinho2adverbreally quicklynoprepositionat theem · masc. · sing. · definiteposto3nouncentre (post)masc. · sing.deprepositionofsaúde3nounhealthfem. · sing..
- Fui → atendida: periphrasis
- rapidinho → atendida: modifier
- no → posto: preposition
Word for word: “(I) was attended quick-little in-the post of health.”
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Fui atendida: passive; a woman is speaking, so atendida. A man says atendido. Passive voice with ser (and estar / ficar + participle) →
- 2rapidinho: a diminutive used as an adverb = really fast. Very common in speech. Diminutives (-inho/-zinho) →
- 3posto de saúde = public health centre (SUS), for basic care and vaccines.
Variations
- Me atenderam rapidinho no posto de saúde.
- O atendimento no posto foi rápido.
- Fui atendido bem rápido no posto de saúde.