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Phrase · 📖 Telling a story

Já tava escurecendo quando a gente chegou na praia.

It was already getting dark when we got to the beach.

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Pourquoi chaque mot est à sa place

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  • tava → escurecendo: periphrasis
  • a gente → chegou: subject
  • chegou → na: preposition

Mot à mot : “Already was getting-dark when the people arrived in-the beach.”

Pourquoi elle est construite ainsi

Les notes correspondent aux numéros ci-dessus.

  1. 1
    tava escurecendo: no subject, like weather verbs. The imperfeito sets the scene. estar + gerund (progressive) →
  2. 2
    a gente chegou = we arrived, with a 3rd-person singular verb. Subject pronouns & the spoken person system →
  3. 3
    chegar na is everyday speech; careful writing uses chegar à praia. Verbs with prepositions (regência I) →

Variantes

  • Já estava escurecendo quando a gente chegou à praia.
  • Já estava escurecendo quando chegamos à praia.
  • Quando a gente chegou na praia, já tava de noite.