Phrase · 🥗 Health & habits
Você toma algum remédio de uso contínuo?
Do you take any regular medication?
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Why every word is where it is
Vocêpronounyou3rd sing. · subjecttoma1verbtaketomar · present · 3rd sing.algum2determineranymasc. · sing.remédio1nounmedicinemasc. · sing.deprepositionofuso3nounusemasc. · sing.contínuo3adjectivecontinuousmasc. · sing.?
- Você → toma: subject
- toma → remédio: object
- algum → remédio: agreement
- contínuo → uso: agreement
Word for word: “You take some medicine of use continuous?”
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1tomar remédio = to take medicine. Remédio is the everyday word; medicamento is more formal.
- 2algum in questions = any. It ends in m: algum, alguma. tudo vs todo & indefinite pronouns I →
- 3de uso contínuo = taken every day for a long time (for blood pressure, thyroid...).
Variations
- Você toma algum remédio?
- Você faz uso de algum medicamento?
- Toma algum remédio todo dia?