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Let's look at some examples.
Listen and repeat or speak along with the native speakers.
Com licença, você tem sal?
Com licença, você tem sal?
Com licença, você tem leite?
Com licença, você tem leite?
Com licença, você tem água?
Com licença, você tem água?
Com licença, você tem fruta?
Com licença, você tem fruta?
Onde fica o açúcar?
Onde fica o açúcar?
Did you notice how I used a different pattern?
Onde fica o açúcar?
"Where is the sugar?"
With this question, you are presuming that the shop has sugar.
First is Onde, "where." Onde. Onde.
Next is fica, "[it] is" in this context. Fica.
Fica is from the verb ficar, literally "to stay," or "to be situated." Ficar.
After this is o açúcar, "the sugar." O açúcar.
Açúcar, "sugar." Açúcar. Açúcar.
In Portuguese, all nouns have grammatical gender and are either singular or plural. Açúcar is masculine and singular — a fact which will determine the form of other words in the sentence.
Before this is o, "the." O. O.
O is masculine and singular to agree with açúcar.
All together, Onde fica o açúcar? This means "Where is the sugar?"
Onde fica o açúcar?
This pattern is:
Onde fica ITEM?
Where is ITEM ?
To use this pattern, simply replace the {ITEM} placeholder with the thing you're looking for.
Note: This pattern requires a noun phrase.
You should be aware of this pattern, but you won’t need it for this lesson.

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