Learn Portuguese (Portugal): A casa de banho fica no meu andar.

A casa de banho fica no meu andar.

The bathroom is on my floor.

Breakdown of A casa de banho fica no meu andar.

in / on / at

meu

my (m/f/pl: meu, minha, meus, minhas)

a casa de banho

the bathroom

ficar

to be located (of places)

Questions & Answers about A casa de banho fica no meu andar.

If I wanted to say 'on the second floor' instead of 'on my floor', how would I do that?

You would replace meu with segundo, making it no segundo andar. Ordinal numbers like segundo (second) usually go right before the noun. Because andar (floor) is a masculine noun, the ordinal number must also be in its masculine form ending in '-o'.

Why does this sentence use fica instead of está to mean 'is'?

The verb ficar is the most natural choice in Portuguese for talking about the permanent location of buildings, places, or rooms. While está isn't completely wrong, native speakers strongly prefer fica when explaining where a room like a casa de banho is located.

Why does the word for 'on' change to no here?

In European Portuguese, we almost always put a definite article (o or a) before a possessive word. 'My floor' translates to o meu andar. When you add the preposition em (in/on), it merges with the article o to create the contraction no (em + o = no).

Is casa de banho the normal word for bathroom in Portugal?