Wendung · 🖋️ Rhetoric & literary style
Soubesse eu o que sei hoje, teria feito tudo diferente.
Had I known then what I know today, I'd have done everything differently.
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Warum jedes Wort dort steht, wo es steht
Soubesse1Verbknew (if I)saber · Subjuntivo · Imperfekt · 1. Pers. Sg.eu1PronomenI1. Pers. Sg. · SubjektoPronomenthatmask. · Sg.quePronomenthat, whichseiVerbknowsaber · Präsens · 1. Pers. Sg.hojeAdverbtoday,teria2Verbwould haveter · Konditional · 1. Pers. Sg.feito2Verbdonefazer · Partizip · mask. · Sg.tudoPronomeneverythingmask. · Sg.diferenteAdverbdifferently.
- Soubesse → eu: verb first, subject after = se eu soubesse
- Soubesse → teria: unreal condition → conditional result
- teria → feito: compound conditional
Wörtlich: “Knew I what I know today, I would-have done everything different.”
Warum sie so gebaut ist
Die Hinweise passen zu den Nummern oben.
- 1Conditional without se: the imperfect subjunctive comes first and the subject follows (= Se eu soubesse). Literary syntax: conjunctionless conditionals, em + gerund, nominal infinitive →
- 2Compound conditional (futuro do pretérito composto) for an unreal past result.
Varianten
- Se eu soubesse o que sei hoje, teria feito tudo diferente.
- Se eu soubesse o que sei hoje, tinha feito tudo diferente.