Word
Quero alugar uma bicicleta na loja.
Meaning
I want to rent a bicycle at the shop.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Quero alugar uma bicicleta na loja.
um
a / an / some (all forms)
na
in the / on the / at the (f.sg)
a loja
the store
a bicicleta
the bicycle
Questions & Answers about Quero alugar uma bicicleta na loja.
Why is there no word for "to" between Quero and alugar?
If I wanted to say "He wants to rent", does the word alugar change?
Where is the word for "I" in this sentence?
In Portuguese, you can usually drop subject pronouns like eu (I) because the verb ending already tells you who is doing the action. Quero specifically means "I want", so saying Eu quero is optional and usually left out in everyday speech.
Why does the sentence say na loja for "at the shop" instead of using em?
na is a mandatory combination (contraction) of the preposition em (in/at/on) and the feminine word for "the", which is a. Because loja (shop) is a feminine noun, "at the shop" becomes em + a = na loja.