Phrase · 🗺️ Regional speech
Tchê, me alcança a cuia do chimarrão?
Mate, can you pass me the chimarrão gourd?
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Why every word is where it is
Tchê1interjectionmate,meobject pronounme1st sing. · indirect objectalcança2verbpassalcançar · imperative · 2nd sing.adeterminertheo · fem. · sing. · definitecuia3noungourdfem. · sing.doprepositionof thede+o · masc. · sing. · definitechimarrão3nounmate teamasc. · sing.?
- me → alcança: indirect object
- alcança → cuia: direct object
- cuia → chimarrão: cuia de
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Tchê = "mate", like River Plate che: the gaúcho form of address. Regional & social variation in grammar →
- 2alcançar = "pass, hand" in the South: me alcança o sal. Regional & social variation in grammar →
- 3chimarrão = unsweetened mate, drunk from a cuia (gourd).
Variations
- Você me passa a cuia do chimarrão?