Word
Onde fica a estação? — Fica à direita do museu.
Meaning
Where is the station? — It is to the right of the museum.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Onde fica a estação? — Fica à direita do museu.
onde
where
a estação
the station
o museu
the museum
à direita de
to the right of
Questions & Answers about Onde fica a estação? — Fica à direita do museu.
Why use fica instead of está or é to say is?
What does the backward accent on à mean?
It shows that two words have merged. The phrase for to the right is à direita. It combines the preposition a (to or at) with the feminine word for the, which is also a (matching the feminine word direita). Instead of writing a a, they mash together into à.
Why does the sentence use do museu instead of just de museu?
The phrase for to the right of is à direita de. Since we are talking about a specific museum, we need to add the masculine word for the (o) before museu. The preposition de (of) and the article o (the) combine to form do (of the).
Why is there no word for it in the answer Fica à direita...?