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Era para eu ter chegado às oito.

I was supposed to arrive at eight.

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Pourquoi chaque mot est à sa place

Era1verbewasser · imparfait · 3e pers. sing.para1prépositionfor, toeupronomI1re pers. sing. · sujetterverbeto haveinfinitifchegadoverbearrivedchegar · participe · masc. · sing.àsprépositionto the, ata + asoitodéterminanteight.

Era → ter: era para + infinitive
ter → chegado: compound infinitive

Pourquoi elle est construite ainsi

Les notes correspondent aux numéros ci-dessus.

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Era para + subject + infinitive = was supposed to; spoken era pra. Register switching: spoken ↔ written BR →

Variantes

Era pra eu ter chegado às oito.