Phrase · 😂 Humour & banter
Meu senso de direção é zero: me perco até no shopping.
My sense of direction is zero: I even get lost in the shopping centre.
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Why every word is where it is
Meudeterminermy1st sing.senso1nounsensemasc. · sing.de1prepositionofdireção1noundirectionfem. · sing.éverbisser · present · 3rd sing.zero2determinerzero:me3pronounmyself1stperco3verbget lostperder · present · 1st sing.atéadverbevennoprepositionin theem+o · masc. · sing. · definiteshopping4nounshopping centremasc. · sing..
- Meu → senso: possessive–noun
- senso → é: subject–verb
- me → perco: perder-se (proclisis)
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1senso de direção = "sense of direction".
- 2é zero = "is non-existent": casual hyperbole.
- 3me perco: irregular perder (perco); in speech the pronoun goes first. Clitic placement by register & written object pronouns →
- 4shopping = shopping centre in Brazil.