Wendung · 🪶 Hedging & softening

Ao que parece, ninguém foi avisado.

Apparently, nobody was told.

C1expressing attitudesAudio · bald verfügbar

Warum jedes Wort dort steht, wo es steht

Ao1Präpositionto whata+o · mask. · Sg.que1Pronomenthatparece1Verbseemsparecer · Präsens · 3. Pers. Sg.,ninguémPronomennobodyfoi2Verbwasser · Vergangenheit · 3. Pers. Sg.avisado2Verbtoldavisar · Partizip · mask. · Sg..

Ao → parece: hedge
ninguém → foi: subject–verb
avisado → ninguém: participle agreement

Warum sie so gebaut ist

Die Hinweise passen zu den Nummern oben.

1
Ao que parece = "apparently": you report without fully committing.
2
Passive with ser; ninguém takes a masculine singular participle. Passive voice with ser (and estar / ficar + participle) →