Phrase · 🎲 Speculating & hedging
A essa altura, eles já devem ter chegado.
By now they must have arrived.
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Pourquoi chaque mot est à sa place
Aprépositionto, atessadéterminantthis, thatesse · fém. · sing.altura1nompoint, height (a essa altura = by now)fém. · sing.,elespronomthey, themele · 3e pers. plur.jáadverbealreadydevem2verbemustdever · présent · 3e pers. plur.ter2verbeto haveinfinitifchegadoverbearrivedchegar · participe · masc. · sing..
- eles → devem: 3rd plural
- ter → chegado: compound infinitive
Pourquoi elle est construite ainsi
Les notes correspondent aux numéros ci-dessus.
- 1A essa altura = by now, at this point. Compound future & conditional: speculation and allegation →
- 2devem ter chegado: plural dever + ter + participle. Compound future & conditional: speculation and allegation →