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Ela nos deixou cedo demais.

She was taken from us far too soon.

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Pourquoi chaque mot est à sa place

Elapronomshe3e pers. sing. · sujetnos1pronom complémentusnós · 1re pers. plur. · CODdeixou1verbeleftdeixar · passé · 3e pers. sing.cedo2adverbeearlydemais2adverbetoo.

nos → deixou: clitic → verb
Ela → deixou: subject–verb
cedo → demais: intensifier

Mot à mot : “She left us too early.”

Pourquoi elle est construite ainsi

Les notes correspondent aux numéros ci-dessus.

1
Euphemism: nos deixou = "passed away", gentler than morreu.
2
cedo demais = "far too soon": demais follows the word it intensifies.