Phrase · 🖋️ Rhetoric & literary style
Não fosse a teimosia dela, o projeto teria morrido.
If it hadn't been for her stubbornness, the project would have died.
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Pourquoi chaque mot est à sa place
Nãoadverbenot, nofosse1verbewere (it not)ser · subjonctif · imparfait · 3e pers. sing.adéterminanttheo · fém. · sing. · définiteimosia2nomstubbornnessfém. · sing.delaprépositionherde + ela,odéterminantthemasc. · sing. · définiprojetonomprojectmasc. · sing.teriaverbewould haveter · conditionnel · 3e pers. sing.morridoverbediedmorrer · participe · masc. · sing..
- fosse → teimosia: não fosse + singular noun
- fosse → teria: condition → compound conditional
Pourquoi elle est construite ainsi
Les notes correspondent aux numéros ci-dessus.
- 1«Não fosse» + singular noun (fossem with a plural). Literary syntax: conjunctionless conditionals, em + gerund, nominal infinitive →
- 2«teimosia» = stubbornness, here as a compliment.