Breakdown of O campo onde jogamos râguebi fica perto da escola.
onde
where
a escola
the school
jogar
to play
o campo
the countryside / the field
perto de
near
ficar
to be located (of places)
o râguebi
the rugby
Questions & Answers about O campo onde jogamos râguebi fica perto da escola.
Could we use ao encontro da escola here instead of perto da escola?
No. Even though you are learning about ao encontro de, that phrase implies motion (moving towards something to meet it) or metaphorical agreement. Because the field is in a fixed, static location, you must use a standard preposition of place like perto de (near) or junto a (next to).
Why use fica instead of está or é for "is located"?
While you could use é or está, European Portuguese strongly prefers the verb ficar (literally "to stay" or "to remain") when expressing the permanent geographical location of a building, field, or city.
Could I say em que instead of onde here?
How do we know jogamos is in the present tense here rather than the past tense?
In European Portuguese, the present tense "we" form for "-ar" verbs is spelled jogamos (with a closed "a" sound). The past tense requires an acute accent: jogámos (with an open "a" sound). This strict visual and auditory distinction makes the tense immediately clear in Portugal.
Why is the sport spelled râguebi?
This is the official Portuguese phonetic adaptation of the English loanword "rugby". The circumflex accent on the "a" indicates a closed vowel sound, and the "u" is inserted after the "g" to maintain a hard "g" sound before the vowel "e".
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