Wendung · 🎬 Storytelling with markers

Quando eu vi, o ônibus já tinha saído.

Before I knew it, the bus had already left.

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Quando1Konjunktionwheneu1PronomenI1. Pers. Sg. · Subjektvi1Verbsawver · Vergangenheit · 1. Pers. Sg.,oBegleiterthemask. · Sg. · bestimmtônibus2Nomenbusmask. · Sg.jáAdverbalreadytinha3Verbhadter · Imperfekt · 3. Pers. Sg.saído3Verbleftsair · Partizip.

Quando → vi: quando eu vi
ônibus → tinha: subject–verb
tinha → saído: ter + participle

Warum sie so gebaut ist

Die Hinweise passen zu den Nummern oben.

1
Quando eu vi, … = "before I knew it": a storytelling formula for sudden change. Discourse markers in conversation →
2
ônibus is the Brazilian word for "bus"; same form in the plural.
3
já tinha saído: the pluperfect, completed before the moment you noticed. Past participles & the pluperfect (tinha feito) →