Questions & Answers about Fiquei chateado com o João.
Why is fiquei used here if the verb ficar usually means to stay?
While ficar does mean to stay, it is also the most common way to say to get or to become when talking about a temporary emotional or physical state. So, fiquei chateado translates perfectly to I got annoyed.
Would a female speaker say this sentence differently?
Yes. Because adjectives describing your own feelings must match your gender, a woman would change the ending and say Fiquei chateada instead of Fiquei chateado.
Why is there an o before the name João?
In European Portuguese, you almost always put a definite article (o for males, a for females) before a person's first name. Even though it translates literally as with the João, leaving it out sounds unnatural to Portuguese ears.
Is fiquei in the past tense?
Yes, fiquei is the I form of ficar in the simple past tense, which is used for completed actions. If you wanted to say I get annoyed as a general habit in the present tense, you would say fico chateado.
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