Phrase · 📨 Reporting what someone said
Um turista me perguntou onde ficava a estação de metrô.
A tourist asked me where the metro station was.
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Why every word is where it is
Umdetermineramasc. · sing. · indefiniteturistanountouristmasc. · sing.meobject pronounmeeu · 1st sing. · indirect objectperguntouverbaskedperguntar · past · 3rd sing.onde1adverbwhereficava2verbwas (located)ficar · imperfect · 3rd sing.adeterminertheo · fem. · sing. · definiteestaçãonounstationfem. · sing.depreposition(of)metrô3nounmetromasc. · sing..
- turista → perguntou: subject
- perguntou → me: object
- perguntou → onde: governs
- estação → ficava: subject
Word for word: “A tourist me asked where stayed the station of metro.”
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1In a reported question onde stays as it is, and no que is added. Questions II: why/because spellings, tags, indirect questions →
- 2ficava: "Onde fica…?" shifts to the imperfeito. Keeping fica is fine too, since it’s still there. Reported speech I: disse que, perguntou se →
- 3metrô = metro: stressed on the last syllable, with a circumflex.
Variations
- Um turista me perguntou onde fica a estação de metrô.
- Um turista quis saber onde ficava o metrô.
- Me perguntaram onde era a estação.