Phrase · 🔑 Renting & home problems
Já alugaram o apartamento que eu vi ontem.
The flat I saw yesterday has already been rented.
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Why every word is where it is
Jáadverbalreadyalugaram1verb(someone) rentedalugar · past · 3rd pl.odeterminerthemasc. · sing. · definiteapartamentonounflatmasc. · sing.que2pronounthateupronounI1st sing. · subjectvi3verbsawver · past · 1st sing.ontemadverbyesterday.
- Já → alugaram: modifier
- alugaram → apartamento: object
- que → apartamento: refers to
- eu → vi: subject
Word for word: “Already (they) rented the flat that I saw yesterday.”
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1alugaram with no subject = someone (we don’t know who) has rented it. Pretérito perfeito: regular verbs →
- 2que eu vi: indicative, because it is a real flat you saw. Compare um apartamento que aceite cachorro. Subjunctive in relative clauses →
- 3vi: perfeito of ver (vi, viu, vimos, viram). Pretérito perfeito: irregular verbs →
Variations
- O apartamento que eu vi ontem já foi alugado.
- Já alugaram aquele apartamento.
- Que pena, o apartamento já foi alugado.