Phrase · 📨 Reporting what someone said
Me disseram que esse restaurante é ótimo.
I’ve been told this restaurant is great.
B1passing on a recommendationfamilierpt-BR-spAudio · bientôt disponible
Pourquoi chaque mot est à sa place
Me1pronom complémentmeeu · 1re pers. sing. · COIdisseram2verbe(they) tolddizer · passé · 3e pers. plur.queconjonctionthatesse3déterminantthismasc. · sing.restaurantenomrestaurantmasc. · sing.éverbeisser · présent · 3e pers. sing.ótimoadjectifgreatmasc. · sing..
- disseram → Me: object
- disseram → que: governs
- restaurante → é: subject
- esse → restaurante: agreement
Mot à mot : “Me (they) said that this restaurant is great.”
Pourquoi elle est construite ainsi
Les notes correspondent aux numéros ci-dessus.
- 1Starting with Me is normal Brazilian speech. Formal writing: Disseram-me. Clitic placement by register & written object pronouns →
- 2disseram with no subject = people told me, I’ve heard. Impersonal and passive se; generic subjects →
- 3esse = this/that one we’re talking about; in speech it often replaces este. Demonstratives & place adverbs →
Variantes
- Disseram-me que esse restaurante é ótimo.
- Falaram que esse restaurante é muito bom.
- Dizem que esse restaurante é ótimo.