Phrase · 🪶 Hedging & softening

Ao que parece, ninguém foi avisado.

Apparently, nobody was told.

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Pourquoi chaque mot est à sa place

Ao1prépositionto whata+o · masc. · sing.que1pronomthatparece1verbeseemsparecer · présent · 3e pers. sing.,ninguémpronomnobodyfoi2verbewasser · passé · 3e pers. sing.avisado2verbetoldavisar · participe · masc. · sing..

Ao → parece: hedge
ninguém → foi: subject–verb
avisado → ninguém: participle agreement

Pourquoi elle est construite ainsi

Les notes correspondent aux numéros ci-dessus.

1
Ao que parece = "apparently": you report without fully committing.
2
Passive with ser; ninguém takes a masculine singular participle. Passive voice with ser (and estar / ficar + participle) →