Phrase · 🛍️ Shopping & prices
Quanto é esse chinelo? — Trinta e cinco reais.
How much are these flip-flops? — Thirty-five reais.
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Why every word is where it is
Quanto1pronounhow muchmasc. · sing.éverbisser · present · 3rd sing.esse2determinerthismasc. · sing.chinelo3nounflip-flopsmasc. · sing.?—Trinta4determinerthirtye4conjunctionandcinco4determinerfivereais5nounreaisreal · masc. · pl..
- Quanto → chinelo: how much … chinelo
- esse → chinelo: agrees (m.)
- Trinta → cinco: 35
- cinco → reais: number + plural
Word for word: “How much is this flip-flop? — Thirty and five reais.”
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Quanto é…? = how much is…? Quanto custa…? works too. Questions & question words (incl. cadê) →
- 2esse = this one (near you or the seller). It agrees with chinelo. Demonstratives & place adverbs →
- 3chinelo = flip-flops. Brazilians often use the singular for a pair: um chinelo.
- 4Tens and units are joined with e: trinta e cinco = 35. Numbers, time, dates & prices →
- 5real → reais: the Brazilian currency, written R$ 35,00. Noun gender & plural →
Variations
- Quanto custa esse chinelo?
- Quanto é? — Trinta e cinco.