Phrase · 🧸 Childhood memories
Você brincava de quê quando era criança?
What did you use to play when you were a kid?
A2asking about someone's childhoodAudio · coming soon
Why every word is where it is
Vocêpronounyou3rd sing. · subjectbrincavaverbused to playbrincar · imperfect · 3rd sing.de1preposition(at)quê1pronounwhatquequandoconjunctionwhenera2verbwereser · imperfect · 3rd sing.criançanounchildfem. · sing.?
- Você → brincava: você takes the 3rd person
- brincava → quê: brincar de + quê
- quando → criança: quando-clause: the time frame
- Você → era: você is also the subject of era
Word for word: “You played of what when (you) were child?”
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1de quê?: the question word can stay at the end, after its preposition; in final position que takes a circumflex: quê. Questions & question words (incl. cadê) →
- 2quando era criança: era works for eu, você and ele alike, so context tells you who. Pretérito imperfeito →
Variations
- De que você brincava quando era criança?
- Do que você brincava quando era pequeno?
- Qual era a sua brincadeira favorita?