Phrase · 📰 Journalistic style
O prefeito negou ter conhecimento do esquema.
The mayor denied any knowledge of the scheme.
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Pourquoi chaque mot est à sa place
Odéterminantthemasc. · sing. · définiprefeito1nommayormasc. · sing.negou2verbedeniednegar · passé · 3e pers. sing.ter2verbehavinginfinitifconhecimento2nomknowledgemasc. · sing.doprépositionof thede+o · masc. · sing. · définiesquema3nomschememasc. · sing..
- prefeito → negou: subject–verb
- negou → ter: negar + infinitive
- conhecimento → do: conhecimento de
Pourquoi elle est construite ainsi
Les notes correspondent aux numéros ci-dessus.
- 1prefeito = mayor (not «prefect»); his office is the prefeitura.
- 2negar + infinitive with the same subject: negou ter conhecimento = denied knowing; no que needed. Sequence of tenses & reported speech II →
- 3esquema = (illegal) scheme, racket, in crime reports.