Wendung · 🥊 Arguing & persuading

Tão importante quanto investir é saber onde investir.

Knowing where to invest is just as important as investing.

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Warum jedes Wort dort steht, wo es steht

Tão1Adverbasimportante1Adjektivimportantmask. · Sg.quanto1Adverbasinvestir2VerbinvestingInfinitivé3Verbisser · Präsens · 3. Pers. Sg.saber3VerbknowingInfinitivondeAdverbwhereinvestirVerbto investInfinitiv.

Tão → quanto: tão … quanto
é → saber: subject–verb
saber → onde: indirect question

Warum sie so gebaut ist

Die Hinweise passen zu den Nummern oben.

1
Tão X quanto Y = "as X as Y"; fronting it makes the comparison the topic. Stylistic inversion & emphatic word order →
2
investir = "invest"; here the infinitive works as a noun.
3
Predicate first, then é, then the subject saber onde investir. Stylistic inversion & emphatic word order →