Word
O vosso escritório fica no terceiro andar.
Meaning
Your office is on the third floor.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of O vosso escritório fica no terceiro andar.
em
in / on / at
o escritório
the office
ficar
to be located (of places)
vosso
your (plural, of vocês; forms: vosso, vossa, vossos, vossas)
Questions & Answers about O vosso escritório fica no terceiro andar.
Why is it terceiro instead of terceira?
Ordinal numbers act like adjectives and must match the gender and number of the noun they describe. Because andar (floor) is a masculine singular noun, the ordinal number must also be in its masculine singular form, terceiro.
Why use fica instead of está to say where the office "is"?
In European Portuguese, the verb ficar is used to talk about the permanent location of buildings, places, and rooms. Because an office is in a fixed spot, fica is the most natural choice.
Who exactly is "your" referring to when we use O vosso?
Why do we need the word O before vosso?
In European Portuguese, you almost always need to put a definite article (o, a, os, as) before a possessive word. Because escritório is masculine singular, it requires O.