Phrase · 🗺️ Plans with conditions
Se chover, a gente fica em casa.
If it rains, we’ll stay at home.
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Pourquoi chaque mot est à sa place
Se1conjonctionifchover1verbeit rainssubjonctif · futur · 3e pers. sing.,a gente2pronomwe3e pers. sing. · sujetfica3verbestayficar · présent · 3e pers. sing.emprépositionatcasanomhomefém. · sing..
- Se → chover: trigger
- a gente → fica: subject
- fica → em: preposition
Mot à mot : “If (it) rains, we stay at home.”
Pourquoi elle est construite ainsi
Les notes correspondent aux numéros ci-dessus.
- 1Se + future subjunctive for a possible future event. For regular verbs it looks like the infinitive: chover. Future subjunctive: uses →
- 2a gente = we in everyday speech, with a 3rd-person singular verb: a gente fica. Subject pronouns & the spoken person system →
- 3The present describes a plan: a gente fica = we’ll stay. Ficar = to stay (Spanish quedarse, no se). ficar: stay, become, be located →
Variantes
- Se chover, a gente não sai.
- Se chover, nós ficamos em casa.
- Caso chova, a gente fica em casa.