Breakdown of Nós moramos no quarto andar deste prédio.
de
of / from / by (means of transport) / wearing (attire)
nós
we
em
in / on / at
morar
to live
este
this (este, esta, estes, estas)
o prédio
the building
o andar
the floor (story)
quarto
fourth
Questions & Answers about Nós moramos no quarto andar deste prédio.
Why is the word quarto used here instead of quarta?
Doesn't quarto usually mean bedroom?
It does! The word quarto can mean bedroom, quarter (like a fraction), or the ordinal number fourth. You can usually tell them apart by context and word order. As an ordinal number, it usually comes right before the noun, as in quarto andar (fourth floor).
Why do we use no to say on the fourth floor?
In English, you live on a floor, but in Portuguese, you use the preposition em (in/on/at) for locations like this. Because quarto andar is masculine, em combines with the masculine word for the (o) to make the contraction no.
I remember este means this. Why is it written as deste here?
Deste is a mandatory contraction of the preposition de (of) and the demonstrative word este (this). Literally, it translates to of this. So, deste prédio means of this building.
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