Breakdown of O centro da cidade não fica longe daqui.
de
of
a cidade
the city
não
not
aqui
here
de
from
ficar
to be located
o centro
the centre
longe
far
Questions & Answers about O centro da cidade não fica longe daqui.
Why do we use fica here instead of é or está?
In Portuguese, we don’t use ser (é) for location; we use estar (está) or ficar. Ficar is especially common to talk about the placement or distance of a place or building (“este restaurante fica no centro”, “o museu fica longe”). While you could say O centro da cidade está longe daqui, fica is more idiomatic when you’re describing how far something is.
What’s the difference between aqui and daqui?
Aqui means here (emphasizing position). Daqui is a contraction of de + aqui and means from here. After words like longe (far), you need the idea of “from”:
• longe daqui = “far from here.”
Why does não come before fica?
What part of speech is longe, and how does it work?
In this sentence, longe functions as an adverb of place (it modifies the verb fica). It tells us how far something is. It can’t be used with a direct object; if you want an adjective meaning “distant,” you’d use distante.
Why do we have da cidade and not just de cidade?
Can we omit da cidade and say O centro fica longe daqui?
Are there synonyms for longe in this context?
How do you pronounce centro, cidade, fica, longe and daqui in European Portuguese?
Approximate sounds:
• centro: /ˈsẽ.tɾu/ (“SEN-troo”)
• cidade: /si.ˈða.ðɐ/ (“see-DAH-duh”)
• fica: /ˈfi.kɐ/ (“FEE-kuh”)
• longe: /ˈlõ.ʒɨ/ (“LOHN-zhuh”)
• daqui: /da.ˈki/ (“da-KEE”)
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