Breakdown of A camisola de lã está no quarto.
de
of / from / by (means of transport) / wearing (attire)
estar
to be (temporary / location)
no
in the / on the / at the (m, f, pl forms: na, nos, nas)
o quarto
the bedroom / the room
a camisola
the sweater
a lã
the wool
Questions & Answers about A camisola de lã está no quarto.
Why do we use está here instead of é to say where the sweater is?
I thought camisola meant "nightgown". Why does it mean "sweater" here?
In European Portuguese, camisola is the standard word for "sweater" or "jersey". It only means "nightgown" in Brazilian Portuguese. To say "nightgown" in Portugal, you would use camisa de dormir.
How does the phrase de lã work to mean "wool sweater"?
Portuguese rarely uses standalone adjectives for materials. Instead, you connect the noun and the material using de (of). So, camisola de lã literally translates to "sweater of wool". You do the same for other materials, like copo de vidro (glass cup).
Why is it no quarto and not just em o quarto?
In Portuguese, the preposition em (in/on/at) must merge with the definite article o (the) to form the contraction no. Saying em o is grammatically incorrect, so they must always be combined.
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