Phrase · 📖 Telling a story
Eu tinha acabado de sair de casa quando o telefone tocou.
I had just left home when the phone rang.
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Pourquoi chaque mot est à sa place
eupronomI1re pers. sing. · sujettinha1verbehadter · imparfait · 1re pers. sing.acabado1verbejust (finished)acabar · participe · masc. · sing.depréposition(of)sairverbeleaveinfinitifdeprépositionfromcasa2nomhomefém. · sing.quandoconjonctionwhenodéterminantthemasc. · sing. · définitelefonenomphonemasc. · sing.tocou3verberangtocar · passé · 3e pers. sing..
- eu → tinha: subject
- tinha → acabado: periphrasis
- acabado → de: preposition
- acabado → sair: periphrasis
- telefone → tocou: subject
Mot à mot : “I had finished of to-leave from home when the phone rang.”
Pourquoi elle est construite ainsi
Les notes correspondent aux numéros ci-dessus.
- 1tinha acabado de + infinitive = had just done: acabar de in the pluperfect. Aspectual periphrases I: começar a, parar de, voltar a… →
- 2sair de casa = to leave home, with no article: de casa, em casa.
- 3tocar = to ring (a phone, a bell) or to play (music).
Variantes
- Eu tinha acabado de sair quando o telefone tocou.
- Eu mal tinha saído de casa quando o telefone tocou.
- Eu acabava de sair de casa quando o celular tocou.