Phrase · 🕊️ Managing conflict
Acho melhor a gente conversar quando os ânimos se acalmarem.
I think we'd better talk once things have calmed down.
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Pourquoi chaque mot est à sa place
Acho1verbeI thinkachar · présent · 1re pers. sing.melhor1adjectifbettermasc. · sing.a2déterminant(the)o · fém. · sing. · définigente2nomwefém. · sing.conversar2verbetalkinfinitifquando3conjonctionwhenosdéterminanttheo · masc. · plur. · définiânimos4nomtempersânimo · masc. · plur.se3pronom(themselves)3e pers.acalmarem3verbecalm downacalmar · subjonctif · futur · 3e pers. plur..
- quando → acalmarem: triggers future subjunctive
- ânimos → acalmarem: subject–verb
- se → acalmarem: acalmar-se
- gente → conversar: subject of infinitive
Pourquoi elle est construite ainsi
Les notes correspondent aux numéros ci-dessus.
- 1Acho melhor + infinitive = "I think it's better to": a soft suggestion.
- 2a gente conversar: a gente as the subject of an uninflected infinitive. Subject pronouns & the spoken person system →
- 3quando + a future event → future subjunctive: se acalmarem. Future subjunctive: uses →
- 4os ânimos = "tempers, feelings" in a dispute (os ânimos se exaltaram).