Phrase · 🪶 Hedging & softening

Me parece que ainda falta uma etapa.

It seems to me that one stage is still missing.

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Pourquoi chaque mot est à sa place

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Me → parece: dative pronoun
falta → etapa: subject–verb (postposed)

Pourquoi elle est construite ainsi

Les notes correspondent aux numéros ci-dessus.

1
Me parece que: Brazilian speech starts with the pronoun; formal writing prefers Parece-me que. Clitic placement by register & written object pronouns →
2
falta uma etapa: singular subject after the verb; plural faltam duas etapas. Agreement norms in formal writing (concordância) →

Variantes

Parece-me que ainda falta uma etapa.