Phrase · 🧉 Regional expressions: South, Southeast & Centre-West

Pega aquele trem ali pra mim?

Can you grab that thing over there for me?

C2casual requestinformalpt-BR-regAudio · coming soon

Why every word is where it is

Pega2verbgrabpegar · present · 3rd sing.aqueledeterminerthatmasc. · sing.trem1nounthing (lit. train)masc. · sing.aliadverbtherepraprepositionfor, to (spoken)paramimpronounmeeu · 1st sing.?

Pega → trem: pegar + object
pra → mim: pra mim = for me

Why it's built this way

The notes match the numbers above.

1
Minas: «trem» (literally «train») = thing, stuff: any object or situation.
2
A present-tense question is the casual way to ask a favour.