Phrase · 🧩 Everyday idioms
Me dá uma mão aqui com essas caixas?
Can you give me a hand with these boxes?
C2asking for helpinformalpt-BR-spAudio · coming soon
Why every word is where it is
Me1object pronounmeeu · 1st sing. · indirect objectdá1verbgivedar · present · 3rd sing.umadetermineraum · fem. · sing. · indefinitemãonounhandfem. · sing.aquiadverbherecomprepositionwithessasdeterminertheseesse · fem. · pl.caixasnounboxescaixa · fem. · pl.?
- Me → dá: próclise at the start (speech)
- dá → mão: dar uma mão = help
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Spoken Brazilian opens with the pronoun: Me dá…? The present works as a request. Pragmatics of Brazilian indirectness & politeness →