Phrase · 📨 Reporting what someone said
Ele quis saber quanto custava o conserto.
He wanted to know how much the repair cost.
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Pourquoi chaque mot est à sa place
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- ele → quis: subject
- quis → saber: governs
- saber → quanto: governs
- conserto → custava: subject
Mot à mot : “He wanted to-know how-much cost the repair.”
Pourquoi elle est construite ainsi
Les notes correspondent aux numéros ci-dessus.
- 1quis saber = wanted to know: a common way to report a question. Quis is irregular. Pretérito perfeito: irregular verbs →
- 2"Quanto custa?" → quanto custava: same word order, verb in the imperfeito. Reported speech I: disse que, perguntou se →
- 3conserto = repair. Don’t confuse it with concerto, a concert.
Variantes
- Ele perguntou quanto custava o conserto.
- Ele quis saber quanto ia custar o conserto.
- Ele perguntou o preço do conserto.