Phrase · 📖 Telling a story
Eu fiquei morrendo de vergonha na frente de todo mundo.
I was so embarrassed in front of everyone.
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Pourquoi chaque mot est à sa place
eupronomI1re pers. sing. · sujetfiquei1verbeI was (left)ficar · passé · 1re pers. sing.morrendo1verbedyingmorrer · gérondifdeprépositionofvergonha2nomembarrassmentfém. · sing.na3prépositionin theem · fém. · sing. · définifrentenomfrontfém. · sing.deprépositionoftodo mundopronomeveryone.
- eu → fiquei: subject
- fiquei → morrendo: periphrasis
- morrendo → de: preposition
- na → de: fixed phrase
Mot à mot : “I stayed dying of shame in-the front of all world.”
Pourquoi elle est construite ainsi
Les notes correspondent aux numéros ci-dessus.
- 1fiquei morrendo de = I was dying of: ficar + gerund, a feeling that lasted. ficar: stay, become, be located →
- 2vergonha = embarrassment or shame. Ter vergonha = to be shy.
- 3na frente de = in front of. Also em frente a.
Variantes
- Fiquei com muita vergonha na frente de todo mundo.
- Eu quase morri de vergonha!
- Que vergonha! Todo mundo tava olhando.