Você sabe para onde eu tenho que ir se quiser achar o provador?

Do you know where I have to go if I want to find the fitting room?

Breakdown of Você sabe para onde eu tenho que ir se quiser achar o provador?

• eu: I
• você: you
• querer: to want
• ir: to go

Questions & Answers about Você sabe para onde eu tenho que ir se quiser achar o provador?

What does para onde mean, and why isn’t it just onde?

Para onde means to where or where to, so it emphasizes movement toward a destination.

• onde = where
• para onde = to where / where to

Because the sentence includes ir (to go), para onde is very natural:

• Para onde eu tenho que ir? = Where do I have to go?

If you said only onde, people would probably still understand, but para onde is more precise when someone is going somewhere.

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What does tenho que ir mean?

Tenho que ir means I have to go.

It is built like this:

• tenho = I have
• que = to
• ir = go

So:

• eu tenho que ir = I have to go

This is a very common way to express obligation in Portuguese. Another similar form is:

• eu preciso ir = I need to go

Both are common, but tenho que often feels a little more like have to.

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