Phrase · 📰 Journalistic style
A defesa do acusado alega que ele estava fora do país na época.
The defendant's lawyers claim he was abroad at the time.
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Pourquoi chaque mot est à sa place
Adéterminanttheo · fém. · sing. · définidefesa1nomdefencefém. · sing.doprépositionof thede+o · masc. · sing. · définiacusadonomaccusedmasc. · sing.alega2verbeclaimsalegar · présent · 3e pers. sing.queconjonctionthatelepronomhe3e pers. sing. · sujetestava3verbewasestar · imparfait · 3e pers. sing.foraadverbeoutdoprépositionof thede+o · masc. · sing. · définipaísnomcountrymasc. · sing.na3prépositionat theem+a · fém. · sing. · définiépoca3nomtimefém. · sing..
- defesa → alega: subject–verb
- alega → que: que-clause
- ele → estava: subject–verb
- ele → acusado: antecedent
Pourquoi elle est construite ainsi
Les notes correspondent aux numéros ci-dessus.
- 1a defesa = the defence (the accused's lawyers), treated as a speaker.
- 2alegar = to claim: the reporter keeps a distance and does not endorse the claim. Sequence of tenses & reported speech II →
- 3na época = at the time; the imperfect estava describes a past state.