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Feitas as contas, sobrou pouco.

When all was said and done, little was left.

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Feitas1Verbdonefazer · Partizip · fem. · Pl.asBegleitertheo · fem. · Pl. · bestimmtcontasNomensumsconta · fem. · Pl.,sobrou2Verbwas leftsobrar · Vergangenheit · 3. Pers. Sg.poucoPronomenlittlemask. · Sg..

Feitas → contas: participle agrees with as contas
sobrou → pouco: sobrar: subject after

Warum sie so gebaut ist

Die Hinweise passen zu den Nummern oben.

1
Participle clause with the noun after it: feitas as contas. Literary syntax: conjunctionless conditionals, em + gerund, nominal infinitive →
2
«sobrar» = to be left over.