Phrase · 📨 Reporting what someone said
Ele disse que ia chegar atrasado.
He said he was going to be late.
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Pourquoi chaque mot est à sa place
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- Ele → disse: subject
- disse → ia: governs
- ia → chegar: periphrasis
- Ele → atrasado: agreement
Mot à mot : “He said that (he) was-going to-arrive late.”
Pourquoi elle est construite ainsi
Les notes correspondent aux numéros ci-dessus.
- 1disse que: que can’t be dropped in Portuguese. Reported speech I: disse que, perguntou se →
- 2"Vou chegar atrasado" → ia chegar. No a between ir and the infinitive. Reported speech I: disse que, perguntou se →
- 3chegar atrasado = to be late; the adjective agrees: ela chegou atrasada.
Variantes
- Ele falou que ia chegar atrasado.
- Ele avisou que ia se atrasar.
- Ele disse que vai chegar atrasado.