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Não há barril nenhum na adega onde trabalhamos.

Não há barril nenhum na adega onde trabalhamos.
There is no barrel at all in the cellar where we work.
From Lesson 364:Emphatic negation (nenhum / qualquer)·Portuguese (Portugal)

Questions & Answers about Não há barril nenhum na adega onde trabalhamos.

Why is nenhum placed after barril instead of before it?
Placing nenhum after the noun makes the negation much stronger, giving the meaning of "no barrel at all" or "not a single barrel". If it were placed before the noun (Não há nenhum barril), it would be a simple, non-emphatic statement meaning "there is no barrel".
The lesson mentions using qualquer for emphatic negation. How would that work in this sentence?
To get the exact same emphatic meaning using qualquer, you must place it before the noun: Não há qualquer barril na adega. In negative sentences, pre-nominal qualquer and post-nominal nenhum are perfectly interchangeable to mean "none at all".
Could I say na qual or em que instead of onde here?
Yes, both na adega na qual trabalhamos and na adega em que trabalhamos are grammatically correct. However, onde is the most natural and common choice when referring to a definite, physical location like a cellar.
How can we tell that trabalhamos means "we work" (present) and not "we worked" (past)?
In European Portuguese, the past tense (preterite) for -ar verbs in the nós form always takes an acute accent on the letter a: trabalhámos. Because there is no accent in this sentence, it has to be the present tense.

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