Wendung · 📨 Reporting what someone said
Ele quis saber quanto custava o conserto.
He wanted to know how much the repair cost.
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Warum jedes Wort dort steht, wo es steht
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- ele → quis: subject
- quis → saber: governs
- saber → quanto: governs
- conserto → custava: subject
Wörtlich: “He wanted to-know how-much cost the repair.”
Warum sie so gebaut ist
Die Hinweise passen zu den Nummern oben.
- 1quis saber = wanted to know: a common way to report a question. Quis is irregular. Pretérito perfeito: irregular verbs →
- 2"Quanto custa?" → quanto custava: same word order, verb in the imperfeito. Reported speech I: disse que, perguntou se →
- 3conserto = repair. Don’t confuse it with concerto, a concert.
Varianten
- Ele perguntou quanto custava o conserto.
- Ele quis saber quanto ia custar o conserto.
- Ele perguntou o preço do conserto.