Wendung · 🧉 Regional expressions: South, Southeast & Centre-West

Uai, cê não ia chegar mais cedo?

Hang on, weren't you going to get here earlier?

C2surpriseinformellpt-BR-regAudio · bald verfügbar

Warum jedes Wort dort steht, wo es steht

Uai1Interjektionhey, huh,cê2Pronomenyou (spoken)você · 2. Pers. Sg.nãoAdverbnot, noiaVerbwere going toir · Imperfekt · 3. Pers. Sg.chegarVerbarriveInfinitivmaisAdverbmorecedoAdverbearly?

ia → chegar: imperfect of ir + infinitive (unfulfilled plan)
cê → ia: cê → ia

Warum sie so gebaut ist

Die Hinweise passen zu den Nummern oben.

1
Minas Gerais: «uai» marks surprise or the obvious (like «ué»).
2
«cê» is the spoken short form of «você», strongest in Minas and São Paulo.