Phrase · 🧸 Childhood memories
Quando eu era criança, morava no interior.
When I was a child, I lived in the countryside.
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Why every word is where it is
QuandoconjunctionwheneupronounI1st sing. · subjectera1verbwasser · imperfect · 1st sing.criança2nounchildfem. · sing.,morava3verblivedmorar · imperfect · 1st sing.noprepositionin theem + o · masc. · sing. · definiteinterior4nouncountryside, inland townsmasc. · sing..
- eu → era: eu → era
- Quando → criança: quando-clause: the time frame
- morava → interior: morar em: live in
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1era: imperfeito of ser, describing what someone was like at that time. Pretérito imperfeito →
- 2criança is always feminine, for boys and girls: ele era uma criança feliz. Noun gender & plural →
- 3morava: imperfeito of morar (live somewhere), a past situation that lasted. Ending -ava. Pretérito imperfeito →
- 4o interior: in Brazil, the towns away from the coast and the big capitals.
Variations
- Quando eu era pequeno, morava no interior.
- Na minha infância, eu morava no interior.
- Quando era criança, eu morava numa cidade do interior.