Phrase · 👕 Clothes & sizes

Posso experimentar essa calça?

Can I try on these trousers?

A2asking to try something onAudio · coming soon

Why every word is where it is

Posso1verbcan Ipoder · present · 1st sing.experimentar2verbtry oninfinitiveessa3determinerthis, thatesse · fem. · sing.calça3nountrousersfem. · sing.?

Posso → experimentar: poder + infinitive
experimentar → calça: object of experimentar
essa → calça: fem. sing.

Why it's built this way

The notes match the numbers above.

1
Posso: irregular 1st person of poder. Posso…? asks for permission. Verb + infinitive: querer, poder, precisar, saber, dever, conseguir →
2
experimentar = to try on (clothes) or try (food). No pronoun needed, unlike Spanish probarse.
3
calça (trousers) is singular and feminine: essa calça. Spoken Brazilian uses esse/essa for things near you too. Demonstratives & place adverbs →

Variations

Posso provar essa calça?
Posso experimentar essa aqui?
Onde fica o provador?