Phrase · 🙇 Apologies & excuses
Desculpa, acabei esquecendo de te avisar.
Sorry, I ended up forgetting to tell you.
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Pourquoi chaque mot est à sa place
Desculpaverbesorrydesculpar · impératif · 3e pers. sing.,acabei1verbeI ended upacabar · passé · 1re pers. sing.esquecendo2verbeforgettingesquecer · gérondifde3prépositiontote3pronom complémentyou2e pers. sing. · CODavisar3verbetellinfinitif.
- acabei → esquecendo: periphrasis
- esquecendo → de: preposition
- avisar → te: object
Mot à mot : “Sorry, (I) finished forgetting of you to-tell.”
Pourquoi elle est construite ainsi
Les notes correspondent aux numéros ci-dessus.
- 1acabar + gerund = to end up doing something you didn’t plan. A very common excuse. Aspectual periphrases I: começar a, parar de, voltar a… →
- 2esquecer = to forget, usually with no pronoun in speech. Spanish se me olvidó is esqueci.
- 3esquecer de + infinitive = to forget to do something. Te avisar: pronoun before the infinitive. Object pronouns as spoken →
Variantes
- Desculpa, esqueci de te avisar.
- Acabei esquecendo, foi mal!
- Nossa, esqueci completamente!