Phrase · 🗺️ Regional speech

Oxe, e tu acha que eu ia perder o São João?

What?! You think I’d miss the São João festival?

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Pourquoi chaque mot est à sa place

Oxe1interjectionwhat,econjonctionandtu2pronomyou2e pers. sing. · sujetacha2verbethinkachar · présent · 3e pers. sing.queconjonctionthateupronomI1re pers. sing. · sujetiaverbewas going toir · imparfait · 1re pers. sing.perderverbemissinfinitifo3déterminantthemasc. · sing. · définiSão3nomSaintJoão3nomJohn?

tu → acha: tu + 3sg verb
ia → perder: ir + infinitive
São → João: festival name

Pourquoi elle est construite ainsi

Les notes correspondent aux numéros ci-dessus.

1
Oxe (short for oxente) = "What?!": surprise or protest, typical of the Northeast. Regional & social variation in grammar →
2
tu acha: tu + third-person verb, common in much of the Northeast. Subject pronouns & the spoken person system →
3
o São João = the June festivals, huge in the Northeast (Caruaru, Campina Grande).

Variantes

Nossa, e você acha que eu ia perder a festa de São João?