Phrase · 📆 Making arrangements
Pode ser, mas só se for perto do metrô.
Could work, but only if it’s near the metro.
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Pourquoi chaque mot est à sa place
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- Pode → ser: fixed phrase
- se → for: trigger
- perto → do: preposition
Mot à mot : “Can be, but only if (it) is near of-the metro.”
Pourquoi elle est construite ainsi
Les notes correspondent aux numéros ci-dessus.
- 1Pode ser = could work, maybe: a soft yes.
- 2se for: future subjunctive of ser. Spanish si es becomes se for, not se é. Future subjunctive: uses →
- 3metrô takes a circumflex in Brazil. Perto de + o = perto do. Contractions: preposition + article/pronoun →
Variantes
- Topo, mas só se for perto do metrô.
- Beleza, mas tem que ser perto do metrô.
- Pode ser, se não for muito longe.