Breakdown of Na bilheteria do teatro, eu vou comprar um ingresso para a peça.
eu
I
um
a
comprar
to buy
ir
to go (future auxiliary)
Questions & Answers about Na bilheteria do teatro, eu vou comprar um ingresso para a peça.
Why does the sentence start with na instead of a separate word for in or at?
Na is a contraction of em + a.
- em = in / at / on
- a = the (feminine singular)
So:
- na bilheteria = at the box office
In Portuguese, these contractions are very common:
- em + o = no
- em + a = na
- em + os = nos
- em + as = nas
Because bilheteria is feminine, Portuguese uses a, so em a bilheteria becomes na bilheteria.
What exactly does bilheteria mean?
Bilheteria usually means the ticket office, box office, or ticket booth/window.
In this sentence, na bilheteria do teatro means you are physically at the place where tickets are sold at the theater.
A native English speaker might first think of box office in the sense of ticket sales totals, but here it means the actual place where you buy tickets.
Why is it do teatro?