Breakdown of Onde fica a galeria? Fica ao lado do museu.
onde
where
o museu
the museum
ao lado de
next to
ficar
to be located (of places)
Questions & Answers about Onde fica a galeria? Fica ao lado do museu.
Why use fica instead of está or é for "is" here?
In Portuguese, the verb ficar (to stay or remain) is the standard way to describe the location of permanent places, like buildings, cities, or countries. Because a gallery and a museum are fixed in place, we use fica. You will sometimes hear está used for locations, but fica is the most natural choice for permanent geography.
How does the grammar of ao lado do work?
The base phrase is ao lado de (next to / at the side of). Because museu is a masculine noun, we need the definite article o (the). The preposition de combines with o to contract into do. The beginning of the phrase, ao, is also a contraction of the preposition a + o (to/at the).
Why is the subject at the end of the question in Onde fica a galeria?
Why does the second sentence just start with Fica instead of a word for "It"?