Phrase · 🏠 Housing
Tô procurando um apartamento perto do metrô.
I'm looking for a flat near the metro.
A2looking for housinginformalpt-BR-spAudio · coming soon
Why every word is where it is
Tô1verbI'mestar · present · 1st sing.procurando2verblooking forprocurar · gerundumdetermineramasc. · sing. · indefiniteapartamentonounflatmasc. · sing.perto3adverbneardo3prepositionof thede + o · masc. · sing. · definitemetrônounmetromasc. · sing..
- Tô → procurando: estar + gerund: in progress
- procurando → apartamento: object of procurando
- perto → do: perto de + o
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Tô + gerund (-ndo) = an action in progress. Never estou a procurar, which is Portugal. estar + gerund (progressive) →
- 2procurar = to look for. Buscar in Brazil mostly means to pick someone or something up.
- 3perto de + o = perto do (near the). Prepositions of place and time (basic) →
Variations
- Estou procurando um apartamento perto do metrô.
- Tô procurando apê perto do metrô.
- Quero alugar um apartamento perto do metrô.