Phrase · 📆 Making arrangements
Posso passar aí depois do almoço?
Can I drop by after lunch?
B1arranging a visitAudio · coming soon
Why every word is where it is
Possoverbcan Ipoder · present · 1st sing.passar1verbdrop byinfinitiveaí2adverbthere (where you are)depoisadverbafterdoprepositionof thede · masc. · sing. · definitealmoçonounlunchmasc. · sing.?
- Posso → passar: periphrasis
- passar → aí: modifier
- depois → do: preposition
- do → almoço: object
Word for word: “Can-I pass there after of-the lunch?”
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1passar + place = to drop by, stop by.
- 2aí = there, where you are. Lá is a place far from both speakers. Demonstratives & place adverbs →
Variations
- Posso dar uma passada aí depois do almoço?
- Tudo bem se eu passar aí depois do almoço?
- Depois do almoço eu passo aí, pode ser?