Phrase · 🧉 Regional expressions: South, Southeast & Centre-West
Me alcança o sal, por favor?
Could you pass me the salt, please?
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Why every word is where it is
Meobject pronounmeeu · 1st sing. · indirect objectalcança1verbpass (lit. reach)alcançar · present · 3rd sing.odeterminerthemasc. · sing. · definitesal2nounsaltmasc. · sing.,porprepositionby, for, throughfavornounfavourmasc. · sing.?
- alcança → sal: alcançar algo a alguém = pass
- Me → alcança: spoken proclisis at the start
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1In the South, «alcançar» = to pass something to someone; elsewhere «passar».
- 2«sal» is masculine: o sal (Spanish «la sal»).