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Phrase · 📞 Phone calls & voice messages

Tá me ouvindo?

Can you hear me?

B1checking the lineinformalpt-BR-spAudio · coming soon
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Why every word is where it is

Tá1verbare (you)estar · present · 3rd sing.me2object pronounmeeu · 1st sing. · direct objectouvindo1verbhearingouvir · gerund?
  • Tá → ouvindo: periphrasis
  • ouvindo → me: object

Word for word: “(You) are me hearing?”

Why it's built this way

The notes match the numbers above.

  1. 1
    Tá… ouvindo = está ouvindo: estar + gerund, with você left out. estar + gerund (progressive) →
  2. 2
    me sits between tá and the gerund, its usual place in Brazilian speech. Object pronouns as spoken →

Variations

  • Você está me ouvindo?
  • Tá me escutando?
  • Alô? Você tá aí?