Phrase · 🗺️ Regional speech

Capaz! Imagina se eu ia esquecer teu aniversário.

No way! As if I’d forget your birthday.

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Pourquoi chaque mot est à sa place

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Imagina → se: imaginar se
eu → ia: subject–verb
ia → esquecer: ir + infinitive

Mot à mot : “Capable! Imagine if I was going to forget your birthday.”

Pourquoi elle est construite ainsi

Les notes correspondent aux numéros ci-dessus.

1
Capaz! = "No way! Not at all!": an emphatic gaúcho denial (Rio Grande do Sul). Regional & social variation in grammar →
2
Imagina se eu ia… = "As if I would…": imperfect ia for an unreal idea.
3
teu goes with tu; aniversário = birthday.

Variantes

Imagina! Claro que eu não ia esquecer seu aniversário.