Wendung · 🎲 Speculating & hedging

A essa altura, eles já devem ter chegado.

By now they must have arrived.

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Warum jedes Wort dort steht, wo es steht

APräpositionto, atessaBegleiterthis, thatesse · fem. · Sg.altura1Nomenpoint, height (a essa altura = by now)fem. · Sg.,elesPronomenthey, themele · 3. Pers. Pl.jáAdverbalreadydevem2Verbmustdever · Präsens · 3. Pers. Pl.ter2Verbto haveInfinitivchegadoVerbarrivedchegar · Partizip · mask. · Sg..

eles → devem: 3rd plural
ter → chegado: compound infinitive

Warum sie so gebaut ist

Die Hinweise passen zu den Nummern oben.

1
A essa altura = by now, at this point. Compound future & conditional: speculation and allegation →
2
devem ter chegado: plural dever + ter + participle. Compound future & conditional: speculation and allegation →